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Look when the clouds are blowing
And all the winds are free:
In fury of their going
They fall upon the sea.
But though the blast is frantic,
And though the tempest raves,
The deep immense Atlantic
Is still beneath the waves.

Frederic William Henry Myers

The transmutation of savage fear into scientific curiosity is of the essence of civilisation.

Frederic William Henry Myers

Frederic William Henry Myers

Frederic William Henry Myers

Born: February 6, 1843

Died: January 17, 1901 (aged 57)

Bio: Frederic William Henry Myers was a poet, classicist, philologist, and a founder of the Society for Psychical Research.

Known for:

Phantasms of the Living (1883)
Science and a Future Life (1893)
Essays--classical (1883)
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