Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Philip Whalen
Born: October 20, 1923
Died: June 26, 2002 (aged 78)
Bio: Philip Glenn Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and close to the Beat generation.
Known for:
- Overtime: Selected Poems (1999)
- Canoeing up Cabarga Creek (1996)
- Like I Say: Poems (1960)
- Lady Susan the Watsons
- On Bear's Head (1969)
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