Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Stopford Brooke
Born: November 14, 1832
Died: March 18, 1916 (aged 83)
Bio: Stopford Augustus Brooke was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer.
Known for:
- On ten plays of Shakespeare (1905)
- The poetry of Robert Browning (1902)
- Christ in modern life (1872)
- Naturalism in English poetry