Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Thomas Bracken
Born: December 21, 1843
Died: February 16, 1898 (aged 54)
Bio: Thomas Bracken was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician.
Known for:
- Lays of the land of the Maori and Moa (1884)
- Abraham Lincoln
- The New Zealand Tourist (1879)
- Musings in Maoriland (1890)