Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
W. W. Fosdick
Born: January 28, 1825
Died: March 8, 1862 (aged 37)
Bio: William W. Fosdick was an American lawyer, poet, writer and song lyricist, primarily remembered today as the writer of original lyrics to the song Aura Lea to a melody composed by George R. Poulton.
Known for:
- Ariel, and Other Poems (1855)







