Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Richard Mitchell
Born: April 26, 1929
Died: December 27, 2002 (aged 73)
Bio: Dr. Richard Mitchell was a professor, first of English and later of classics, at Glassboro State College in Glassboro, New Jersey.
Known for:
- Less Than Words Can Say (1979)
- The Gift of Fire (1987)
- The Graves of Academe (1981)
- The Learning Tower of Babel (2000)
- Health, Place, and Society (2002)