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.
Carroll Eugene Simcox

Born: 1912
Died: 2002 (aged 90)
Bio: Carroll Eugene Simcox was an American Episcopal priest and editor of The Living Church magazine. Simcox was born in Lisbon, North Dakota and educated at the University of North Dakota. He was ordained deacon in 1937 and priest in 1938.