Laurence Housman
Laurence Housman
Laurence Housman was an English playwright, writer and illustrator...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth18 July 1865
abolish capital civilised countrymen hope suicide time
Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment.
novels poems tales
On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world.
saint goodness attractive
A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.