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.
Beno Gutenberg
Born: June 4, 1889
Died: January 25, 1960 (aged 70)
Bio: Beno Gutenberg was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science.