"I could see how "democracy" might do very well in a society of saints and sages led by an Alfred or an Antoninus Pius. Short of that, I was unable to see how it could come to anything but an ochlocracy of mass-men led by a sagacious knave."--Albert J. Nock
Birthdays:
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675 - 1742): Concerto Grosso Op 5 No 3
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
George Washington Carver (1860s - 1943)
