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How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
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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