“It is a cruel proof of the want of generosity in human nature, that an affection too utterly self-sacrificing always meets with an evil return.”
Letitia Elizabeth Langton, “Constance”
Almanac: Letitia Elizabeth Langton on love and altruism
Archives for June 2019
Just because: Robert Mitchum talks to Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson interviews Robert Mitchum on Parkinson. This episode was originally telecast by the BBC on August 19, 1972:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
Almanac: Letitia Elizabeth Landon on gullibility
“The history of credulity would be the most singular page in the great history of mankind. From those vast beliefs which have founded religions and empires, down to the inventions that garnish the last new murder, there has always been a tendency in the human mind to believe with as little expense of the reasoning faculty as possible.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Life and Literary Remains of L.E.L.