Philip Wylie — American Writer born on May 12, 1902, died on October 25, 1971

Philip Gordon Wylie was a prolific American author of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire, to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust... (wikipedia)

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.
God must hate common people, because he made them so common.