On this Day in Literature – 7th of December 2006
December 7, 2006
1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer born
When the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerers and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards –their crowns, their laurels, their names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble — the Almighty will turn to Peter and will say,not without a certain envy when he sees us coming with our books under our arms, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved reading. (1932) – Virginia Woolf
1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer born