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Quotation of the Day for June 19, 2010"You expected that the trial was over at the time you were writing; but you can little conceive the talents for procrastination that have been exhibited in this affair. Day after day have we been disappointed by the non-arrival of the magnanimous Wilkinson; day after day have fresh murmurs and complaints been uttered; and day after day are we told that the next mail will probably bring his noble self, or at least some accounts when he may be expected. We are now enjoying a kind of suspension of hostilities; the grand jury having been dismissed the day before yesterday for five or six days, that they might go home, see their wives, get their clothes washed, and flog their negroes." - Washington Irving, describing the treason trial of Aaron Burr, in a letter dated June 4, 1807. From the collection, The life & letters of Washington Irving. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 17, 2010 |
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