Quote of the day
One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.
John Gibson Paton
Born: May 24, 1824
Died: January 28, 1907 (aged 82)
Bio: John Gibson Paton, born in Scotland, was a Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific. He brought to the natives of the New Hebrides education and Christianity. He developed small industries for them, such as hat making.
Known for:
- John G. Paton
- The Story of John G. Paton
- Thirty Years Among South Seas Cannibals







