Quote of the day
Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Thomas Davis
Born: October 14, 1814
Died: September 16, 1845 (aged 30)
Bio: Thomas Osborne Davis was an Irish writer who was the chief organiser of the Young Ireland movement.
Known for:
- The patriot parliament of 1689
- Literary and historical essays 1846
- The life of J.P. Curran