Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Edgar Saltus

Born: October 8, 1855
Died: July 31, 1921 (aged 65)
Bio: Edgar Evertson Saltus was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. His works paralleled those by European decadent authors such as Joris-Karl Huysmans and Oscar Wilde.
Known for:
- The philosophy of disenchantment (1885)
- Anatomy of Negation (1886)
- HISTORIA AMORIS (1906)
- The Paliser Case (1919)
- Lords of the Ghostland (1907)






