Quote of the day
Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth; some of its rivals do. That science is in some respects inhuman may be the secret of its success in alleviating human misery and mitigating human stupidity.
Robert Hugh Benson
Born: November 18, 1871
Died: October 19, 1914 (aged 42)
Bio: Robert Hugh Benson was an English Anglican priest who in 1903 was received into the Roman Catholic Church in which he was ordained priest in 1904. He wrote the notable novel Lord of the World.
Known for:
- Lord of the World (1907)
- Come Rack! Come Rope! (1912)
- The Dawn of All (1911)
- The Necromancers (1907)
- Confessions of a convert (1913)