Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
William Wetmore Story
Born: February 12, 1819
Died: October 7, 1895 (aged 76)
Bio: William Wetmore Story was an American sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor.
Known for:
- A treatise on the law of contracts (1856)
- Roba di Roma (1875)
- Conversations in a studio
- A Roman Lawyer In Jerusalem (1870)
- Fiammetta (1886)