Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Scientist (1836) |
Herbert Baker, Architect (1862) |
Leslie Banks, Actor (1890) |
Johnny Depp, Actor (1963) |
T. D. Jakes, Clergyman (1957) |
William Maxwell Aitken, Businessman (1964) |
Arthur Alexander, Musician (1993) |
Roland Allen, Clergyman (1947) |
William Carey, Clergyman (1834) |
Richard Eberhart, Poet (2005) |
Hans Janmaat, Politician (2002) |
Jacob Lawrence, Artist (2000) |