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.
George Novack

Born: August 5, 1905
Died: July 30, 1992 (aged 86)
Bio: George Novack was an American Communist politician and Marxist theoretician.
Known for:
- Understanding History: Marxist Essays (1972)
- An introduction to the logic of Marxism (1963)
- Democracy and revolution (1971)
- The origins of materialism (1965)