Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Mercy Otis Warren
Born: September 14, 1728
Died: October 19, 1814 (aged 86)
Bio: Mercy Otis Warren was a political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution. In the eighteenth century, topics such as politics and war were thought to be the province of men.
Known for:
- The Adulateur (1773)
- The Blockheads
- The Blockheads, and the Defeat
- The group. 1779 [!] (1775)