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.
Lord Alfred Douglas
Born: October 22, 1870
Died: March 20, 1945 (aged 74)
Bio: Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, nicknamed Bosie, was a British author, poet, translator, and political commentator, better known as the friend and lover of Oscar Wilde.
Known for:
- My friendship with Oscar Wilde (1914)
- The collected poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
- The Pongo papers (1907)
- The city of the soul (1899)