Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Charles Bean
Born: November 18, 1879
Died: August 30, 1968 (aged 88)
Bio: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, usually identified as C.E.W. Bean, was an Australian World War 1 war correspondent and historian.
Known for:
- Anzac to Amiens (1946)
- Bean's Gallipoli
- Letters from France (1917)