Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Benjamin Kidd
Born: September 9, 1858
Died: October 2, 1916 (aged 58)
Bio: Benjamin Kidd was a British sociologist whose first job was a civil service clerk, but who, by persistent self-education, became internationally famous by the publication of his book Social Evolution in 1894.
Known for:
- The Science of Power
- Social Evolution (1894)
- Principles of Western Civilisation (1902)
- Individualism and after
- A philosopher with nature