Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
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)