“When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration.”
“Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space.”
| Lamar Alexander, Politician (1940) |
| Gloria Allred, Lawyer (1941) |
| Andrea Barber, Actress (1976) |
| Dave Barry, Journalist (1947) |
| Elizabeth Edwards, Lawyer (1949) |
| Tracey Emin, Artist (1963) |
| Ernst Fischer, Writer (1899) |
| M. F. K. Fisher, Writer (1908) |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Writer (1860) |
| Kevin Hart, Actor (1980) |
| Jim Backus, Actor (1989) |
| James Daly, Actor (1978) |
| Bert Hardy, Photographer (1995) |
| Joel Chandler Harris, Journalist (1908) |