Quote of the day
Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
Andrew Delbanco

Born: February 20, 1952 (age 74)
Bio: Andrew H. Delbanco is Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of several books, including College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be, which has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Russian, and Hebrew.
Known for:
- The Death of Satan (1995)
- Melville: His World and Work (2005)
- The Real American Dream (1999)
- The Puritan ordeal (1989)






