Quote of the day
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.
Robert Gilfillan

Born: July 7, 1798
Died: December 4, 1850 (aged 52)
Bio: Robert Gilfillan was a poet and songwriter, born at Dunfermline, Scotland, and latterly a collector of the police rates at Leith. He wrote a number of Scottish songs, and was favourably mentioned in Noctes Ambrosianae.






