Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Frank A. Vanderlip
Born: November 13, 1864
Died: June 30, 1937 (aged 72)
Bio: Frank Arthur Vanderlip, Sr. was an American banker and journalist. He was president of the National City Bank of New York from 1909 to 1919, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1897 to 1901.
Known for:
- Business and Education (1907)
- What happened to Europe
- The American commercial invasion of Europe (1902)