Irish playwright and poet, 1854–1900
The things of nature do not really belong to us; we should leave them to our children as we have received them.
Speech, Ottawa, 12 May 1882
In conclusion, Oscar Wilde died in 1900, and the quotation appeared in the 1936 book “Oscar Wilde Discovers America”. The notes section at the end of the book did not specify the documentation the authors used to verify the quotation. Thus,
QI is uncertain how to evaluate the credibility of the attribution to Wilde.
Image Notes: Public domain image of the painting “The Equatorial Jungle” by Henri Rousseau circa 1909. The image has been cropped and resized.
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The past year has been, for better or worse, a big year in legal news. So it should come as no surprise to see big names dominating our list of finalists for 2020 Lawyer of the Year. Thanks to everyone who responded to our request for nominations for 2020 Lawyer of the Year. We narrowed the many excellent nominees to a slate of
ELEVEN (yes, that’s how crazy this year was) fascinating lawyers distinguished, despicable, or debatable, depending on your point of view.
Here are the nominees, in alphabetical order, with a brief blurb about each:
Stacey Abrams: After losing her bid for Georgia governor in 2018 following a purge of voter rolls, the Yale Law graduate and former Georgia assemblywoman founded Fair Fight, an anti-voter suppression group, pledging to register as many disenfranchised voters of color as possible for the 2020 presidential election. Through her efforts, Abrams helped turn her state blue, allowing Joe Biden to become th
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Anthony Fauci,
Washington– A request from Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, urging people to “wear a mask” in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, topped a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2020.
Fauci’s plea was made during an interview with CNN on May 21, Xinhua news agency reported.
The list was assembled by Fred Shapiro, an associate director at the library and the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, which was first published in 2006.
The US currently accounts for world’s deadliest outbreak of the novel coronavirus.