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One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
George Henry Lewes
Born: April 18, 1817
Died: November 30, 1878 (aged 61)
Bio: George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious scepticism.
Known for:
- Problems of life and mind (1873)
- The physiology of common life (1859)
- The principles of success in literature
- The Life of Goethe
- Ranthorpe (1847)
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