Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes

Born: July 1, 1723
Died: February 3, 1802 (aged 78)
Bio: Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman, economist, and writer, was born at Santa Eulalia de Sorribia, in Asturias. He was an adherent of the position that the state held supremacy over the Church, often called Erastianism.






