This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
English Essayist and Historian
"Perhaps a reasonable apprehension of poverty is more paralyzing than the reality."
"A good education is generally considered as reflecting no small credit on its possessor; but in the majority of cases is reflects credit on the wise solicitude of his parents or guardians, rather than on himself."