WILLIAM R. DAVIE 1756-1820
A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in this house.
E-4Halifax County
Where it stands. US 301 Business (Main Street) in Halifax
Beneath the surface of repartee and mock seriousness, Plato’s Phaedrus is asking whether we ought to prefer a neuter form of speech to the kind which is ever getting us aroused over things and provoking an expense of spirit.