For he might have been a Roosian,
A French or Turk or Proosian,
Or perhaps Italian.
But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman.
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.
