Quote of the day
Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Born: August 11, 1823
Died: May 24, 1901 (aged 77)
Bio: Charlotte Mary Yonge was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.
Known for:
- The Heir of Redclyffe (1853)
- The daisy chain, or, Aspirations (1856)
- A Book of Golden Deeds (1864)
- The Little Duke (1854)
- The Dove In The Eagle's Nest (1866)