Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Robert Grant

Born: 1779
Died: July 9, 1838 (aged 59)
Bio: Sir Robert Grant was a British lawyer and politician.