Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
Leo Damrosch

Born: 1941 (age 85)
Bio: Leo Damrosch is an American author and professor. In 2001, he was named the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University. He received a B.A. from Yale University, an M.A.
Known for:
- Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World (2013)
- Jean Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius (2005)
- Tocqueville's Discovery of America (2010)
- The sorrows of the Quaker Jesus (1996)






