Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Ralph Connor
Born: September 13, 1860
Died: October 31, 1937 (aged 77)
Bio: Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College.
Known for:
- The man from Glengarry (1901)
- The Sky Pilot a Tale of the Foothills (1899)
- The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land (1919)
- Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks (1898)







