Quote of the day
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
James Theodore Bent
Born: March 30, 1852
Died: May 5, 1897 (aged 45)
Bio: James Theodore Bent was an English explorer, archaeologist and author.
Known for:
- The ruined cities of Mashonaland (1892)
- Southern Arabia
- The sacred city of the Ethiopians (1893)
- Early voyages and travels in the Levant (1893)







