13 August 1937 August 12, 2012 Author: Staff The Battle of Shanghai starts. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse." Alexis de Tocqueville — Click here for more from Alexis de Tocqueville Related posts: 13 August 1937 6 May 1937 6 August 1917 14 July 1881 2 July 1937 Categories: History Tags: 13 August, 1937