Quote from: Life Topic

The simple record of three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind, than all the (investigations) disquisitions of philosophers and than all the exhortations of moralists.


Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Edward Hartpole Lecky
  • DescriptionBritish politician
  • AliasesW. E. H. Lecky
  • BornMarch 26, 1838
  • DiedOctober 22, 1903
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAuthor; Cultural Historian; Politician; Historian