Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
John McCrae
Born: November 30, 1872
Died: January 28, 1918 (aged 45)
Bio: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.
Known for:
- In Flanders Fields
- In Flanders Fields and Other Poems
- Letters to His Mother
- In Flanders Fields and Other Poems about War