Thinkers of the Industrial Age
Billy Sunday
1862 – 1935
Literaturequotes
William Ashley Sunday was an American evangelist and professional baseball outfielder. He played for eight seasons in the National League before becoming the most influential American preacher during the first two decades of the 20th century.
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
Ida B. Wells
1862 – 1931
Educationquotes
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wells dedicated her career to combating prejudice and violence, and advocating for African-American equality—especially for women.
Arthur Quiller-Couch
1863 – 1944
Literaturequotes
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was an English writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy. His The Oxford Book of English Verse was a favourite of John Mortimer's fictional character Horace Rumpole.
Rufus Jones (writer)
1863 – 1948
Religionquotes
Rufus Matthew Jones was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college professor. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Haverford Emergency Unit. One of the most influential Quakers of the 20th century, he was a Quaker historian and theologian as well as a philosopher.
George Santayana
1863 – 1952
Literaturequotes
George Santayana was a Spanish and U.S. philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, he moved to the United States at the age of eight.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand.
Edvard Munch
1863 – 1944
Artquotes
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the most iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
Mary Church Terrell
1863 – 1954
Social Activismquotes
Constantine P. Cavafy
1863 – 1933
Journalismquotes
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P.
A Poet’s Progress" by James Longenbach in The New York Times
Words from October 23
"The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow."
Billy Sunday
1862
"Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand."
George Santayana
1863
"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."
George Santayana
1863
"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."
Edvard Munch
1863
"A Poet’s Progress" by James Longenbach in The New York Times"
Constantine P. Cavafy
1863
"As Good as Great Poetry Gets" by Daniel Mendelsohn in The New York Review of Books"
Constantine P. Cavafy
1863