Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Ada Cambridge
Born: November 21, 1844
Died: July 19, 1926 (aged 81)
Bio: Ada Cambridge, later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer.
Known for:
- The three Miss Kings (1891)
- Thirty Years in Australia (1903)
- At Midnight And Other Stories (1897)
- Materfamilias (1898)
- The Hand in the Dark And Other Poems (1913)