Quote of the day
The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
George Lippard
Born: April 10, 1822
Died: February 9, 1854 (aged 31)
Bio: George Lippard was a 19th-century American novelist, journalist, playwright, social activist, and labor organizer. Nearly forgotten today, he was one of the most widely read authors in antebellum America.
Known for:
- The Quaker City, or The Monks of Monk Hall (1845)
- Legends of Mexico (1847)
- The mysteries of Florence