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.
Maurice Francis Egan
Born: May 24, 1852
Died: January 15, 1924 (aged 71)
Bio: Maurice Francis Egan was an American writer and diplomat. He was a prolific writer and had a long and successful career as a Catholic journalist, literary critic, and novelist. He was a professor of English at two universities, and served as United States Minister in Copenhagen.
Known for:
- Confessions of a book-lover (1922)
- Everybody's St. Francis (1912)
- The life around us (1885)
- Lectures on English literature (1889)
- Songs and sonnets (1892)