Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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)