Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Morris Bishop

Born: April 15, 1893
Died: November 20, 1973 (aged 80)
Bio: Morris Gilbert Bishop was an American scholar, historian, biographer, essayist, translator, anthologist and versifier.
Known for:
- Petrarch and his world (1963)
- The widening stain (1942)
- A medieval storybook (1970)
- A gallery of eccentrics (1928)
- A Survey of French Literature (1955)






