Quote of the day
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
Eloise Lownsbery

Born: April 16, 1888
Died: November 1, 1967 (aged 79)
Bio: Eloise Lownsbery was the recipient of a Newbery Honor in 1932, for her book Out of the Flame. Eloise was raised in Paw Paw, Illinois by her parents, Alexander W. and Martha Fisher Lownsbery. She obtained her B.A.






