Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Dorothy Day
Born: November 8, 1897
Died: November 29, 1980 (aged 83)
Bio: Dorothy Day, Obl.S.B., was an American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert.
Known for:
- The Long Loneliness
- Loaves and fishes (1963)
- The duty of delight
- Peter Maurin
- The eleventh virgin (1924)
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