Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Bliss Perry

Born: 1860
Died: 1954 (aged 94)
Bio: Bliss Perry, was an American literary critic, writer, editor, and teacher.
Known for:
- Fishing with a worm (1916)
- The American Spirit in Literature (1918)
- Study of prose fiction (1902)
- Emerson today (1931)
- The American Mind (1912)