This Week's Birthdays

Horatio Alger -- January 13, 1832
Minister and poet, the majority of whose work was autobiographical.
In Alger's words, "No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls. "

Moliere -- January 15, 1622
Actor and playwright of farces in the Commedia dell'Arte.
In Moliere's words, "A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool."

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon -- January 15, 1809
Early anarchist infamous for his radical views on art.
In Proudhon's words, "When deeds speak, words are nothing. "