Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Francis Marion Crawford

Born: August 2, 1854
Died: April 9, 1909 (aged 54)
Bio: Francis Marion Crawford was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.
Known for:
- The upper berth (1894)
- The Witch of Prague (1885)
- For the Blood is the Life
- Don Orsino (1891)
- Ave Roma immortalis (1898)