Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Eric A. Havelock

Born: June 3, 1903
Died: April 4, 1988 (aged 84)
Bio: Eric Alfred Havelock was a British classicist who spent most of his life in Canada and the United States. He was a professor at the University of Toronto and was active in the Canadian socialist movement during the 1930s.
Known for:
- Preface to Plato (1963)
- The muse learns to write (1986)
- The Liberal Temper in Greek Politics (1957)
- The lyric genius of Catullus