The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
-- Lafcadio Hearn
   
Lafcadio Hearn   Name:
Lafcadio Hearn
Type:
Author
Nationality:
Japanese
Birth:
June 27, 1850
Death:
September 26, 1904
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