Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Henry Demarest Lloyd

Born: May 1, 1847
Died: September 28, 1903 (aged 56)
Bio: Henry Demarest Lloyd was a 19th-century American progressive political activist and pioneer muckraking journalist. He is best remembered for his exposés of the Standard Oil Company, which were written before Ida M.
Known for:
- Wealth Against Commonwealth (1894)
- Lords Of Industry
- Mazzini, And Other Essays
- A strike of millionaires against miners (1890)
- A Country Without Strikes (1900)