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.
Joseph Hoover Mackin

Born: November 16, 1905
Died: August 12, 1968 (aged 62)
Bio: Joseph Hoover Mackin was an American geologist. As a tribute to him, a huge plateau in Antarctica bears the name Mackin Table and a large lunar crater named Mackin marks the location of the Apollo 17 landing site.