Quote of the day
And thus they give the time, that Nature meant for peaceful sleep and meditative snores, to ceaseless din and mindless merriment and waste of shoes and floors.
James Joll

Born: June 21, 1918
Died: July 12, 1994 (aged 76)
Bio: James Bysse Joll FBA was a British historian and university lecturer whose works included The Origins of the First World War and Europe Since 1870. He also wrote on the history of anarchism and socialism.
Known for:
- The origins of the First World War (1984)
- Europe Since 1870 (1973)
- The Anarchists (1964)
- The Second International, 1889-1914 (1955)
- Three intellectuals in politics (1960)