On this date in 1872, Max Beerbohm was born in London. What better memorial that Joseph Epstein's The Beerbohm Cult: Why Max Beerbohm is the world's greatest minor writer.
And Max himself: "Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. "
Also on the-is date, in 1899 in Buenas Aires, Jorge Luis Borges was born.
God, me too.
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