Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Moncure D. Conway

Born: March 17, 1832
Died: November 5, 1907 (aged 75)
Bio: Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist as well as at various times a Methodist, Unitarian and Freethought minister.
Known for:
- Demonology and devil-lore (1879)
- Solomon And Solomonic Literature (1899)
- Emerson at home and abroad (1882)
- Travels in South Kensington (1882)
- My pilgrimage to the wise men of the East (1906)