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.
Bio: Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall is an educator and the founding president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She is also the founding president of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology.