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.
Dorman Bridgman Eaton

Born: June 27, 1823
Died: December 23, 1899 (aged 76)
Bio: Dorman Bridgman Eaton was an American lawyer instrumental in American federal Civil Service reform.