Quote of the day
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
Hardwicke Rawnsley
Born: September 29, 1851
Died: May 28, 1920 (aged 68)
Bio: Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, was a Church of England clergyman, poet, hymn writer, local politician, and conservationist. He was also one of the founders of the National Trust.
Known for:
- Poems, ballads, and bucolics (1890)
- A Book of Bristol Sonnets (1877)
- Ruskin and the English lakes (1901)
- Ballads of brave deeds (1896)
- Sonnets at the English lakes (1881)