The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
“Man and Superman,”—George Bernard Shaw.
George Bernard Shaw, a famous British author and playwright, was born in Dublin, July 26, 1856. He has written, “The Quintessence of Ibsenism,” “The Sanity of Art,” “The Perfect Wagnerite,” “The Common Sense of Municipal Training,” “Socialism and Superior Brains,” “Common Sense about the War,” etc. Also: “The Admirable Bashville,” “Man and Superman,” “John Bull’s Other Island,” “How He Lied to Her Husband,” “Major Barbara,” “The Doctor’s Dilemma,” “Getting Married,” “Misalliance,” “Fanny’s First Play,” “Androcles and the Lion,” “Pygmalion,” “Overruled,” “Great Catherine,” “The Music-Cure,” “O’Flaherty, V. C.,” “An Unsocial Socialist,” “The Devil’s Disciple,” “Cæsar and Cleopatra,” “The Man of Destiny,” “You Never Can Tell,” “Back to Methuselah” (cycle of plays), etc.
’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
“Pleasures of Hope,” Part I, Line 7,—Thomas Campbell.
Thomas Campbell, a Scottish poet, of great fame, was born at Glasgow, July 27, 1777; and died at Boulogne, France June, 15, 1844. The best known of his poems are: “Gertrude of Wyoming,” “Pleasures of Hope,” “Lochiel’s Warning,” “The Exile of Erin,” “Battle of the Baltic,” “Ye Mariners of England,” etc.
Memory is a paradise out of which fate cannot drive us.
—Dumas, Fils.
Alexandre Dumas, the Younger, the renowned French dramatist and romancist, was born at Paris, July 27, 1824, and died November 28, 1895. A few of his famous romances are: “A Woman’s Romance,” “Césarine,” “Camille,” etc. Also, “The Divorce Question,” “The Clemenceau Case,” “The Natural Son,” “The Friend of Women,” “Claude’s Wife,” “The Danicheffs,” “Joseph Balsamo,” “Françillon,” etc.
Of Courtesy it is much less
Than Courage of Heart or Holiness,
Yet in my Walks it seems to me
That the Grace of God is in Courtesy.