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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.
Arthur Balfour, Statesman (1848) |
Elias Canetti, Author (1905) |
Thomas Eakins, Artist (1844) |
Don Ellis, Musician (1934) |
Estelle Getty, Actress (1923) |
Anna Harrison, First Lady (1775) |
James Lafferty, Actor (1985) |