Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Perry Miller

Born: February 25, 1905
Died: December 9, 1963 (aged 58)
Bio: Perry G. E. Miller was an American intellectual historian and Harvard University professor. He was an authority on American Puritanism, and a co-founder of the field of American Studies. Alfred Kazin referred to him as "the master of American intellectual history".
Known for:
- The New England mind (1939)
- Errand into the wilderness (1952)
- American Puritans Their Prose and Poetry (1956)
- The Raven and the Whale (1956)
- The Transcendentalists (1950)