Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Phillips Brooks
Born: December 13, 1835
Died: January 23, 1893 (aged 57)
Bio: Phillips Brooks was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
Known for:
- The joy of preaching
- The battle of life, and other sermons (1893)
- The Candle of the Lord: And Other Sermons (1879)
- The purpose and use of comfort
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