Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)