Quote of the day
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
Edward Bellamy
Born: March 26, 1850
Died: May 22, 1898 (aged 48)
Bio: Edward Bellamy was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, a Rip Van Winkle-like tale set in the distant future of the year 2000.
Known for:
- Looking Backward (1888)
- Equality (1897)
- Dr. Heidenhoff's Process (1880)
- To Whom This May Come (1889)
- The Duke of Stockbridge
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