Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Frederic William Farrar
Born: August 7, 1831
Died: March 22, 1903 (aged 71)
Bio: Frederic William Farrar was a cleric of the Church of England, schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles secret society.
Known for:
- The life of Christ (1874)
- Eric, or, Little by Little (1858)
- St. Winifred's (1862)
- Seekers After God (1868)
- Life and Work of St. Paul