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.
Walter Hines Page
Born: August 15, 1855
Died: December 21, 1918 (aged 63)
Bio: Walter Hines Page was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I.
Known for:
- The southerner (1909)
- The rebuilding of old commonwealths (1902)
- The school that built a town
- A publisher's confession (1905)