Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Born: February 19, 1815
Died: August 17, 1906 (aged 91)
Bio: Elizabeth Missing Sewell was an English author of religious and educational texts notable in the 19th century.
Known for:
- Amy Herbert (1844)
- Laneton Parsonage (1846)
- The experience of life (1853)
- Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin (1862)
- Ursula V1 (1858)