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.
Frederick Hutton Getman

Born: 1877
Died: 1941 (aged 64)
Bio: Frederick Hutton Getman, also known as F. H. Getman, was an instructor in Chemistry in the Stamford High School. He also published the book "The Life of Ira Remsen", which is a biography of the American chemist Ira Remsen.