Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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