Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Andrew Hacker

Born: 1929 (age 96)
Bio: Andrew Hacker is an American political scientist and public intellectual.
Known for:
- The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions (2015)
- Money: Who Has How Much and Why (1997)
- Congressional districting (1963)