Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Born: December 29, 1814
Died: 1880 (aged 65)
Bio: Edwin Hubbell Chapin was an American preacher and editor of the Christian Leader. He was also a poet, responsible for the poem Burial at Sea, which was the origin of a famous folk song, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.
Known for:
- The crown of thorns (1847)
- Humanity in the city (1854)
- Duties of young men
- Discourses on the Lord's Prayer (1850)
Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes