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.
Edward Dowden
Born: May 3, 1843
Died: April 4, 1913 (aged 69)
Bio: Edward Dowden, was an Irish critic and poet.
Known for:
- The French Revolution And English Literature (1879)
- New studies in literature (1895)
- Puritan and Anglican (1900)
- Transcripts and studies (1888)