Quote of the day
There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery.
Louis Auchincloss

Born: September 7, 1917
Died: January 26, 2010 (aged 92)
Bio: Louis Stanton Auchincloss was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a prolific novelist who parlayed his experiences into books exploring the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money.
Known for:
- The Rector of Justin (1964)
- The Embezzler (1966)
- The Headmaster's Dilemma (2007)
- Diary of a yuppie (1986)
- The book class (1984)