Quote of the day
The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
James Branch Cabell
Born: April 14, 1879
Died: May 5, 1958 (aged 79)
Bio: James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis.
Known for:
- Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice (1919)
- Figures of Earth (1921)
- The Cream of the Jest (1917)
- Something About Eve (1927)
- The silver stallion (1926)
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