A. C. Benson

thumb|180px|Arthus Christopher Benson circa 1899 Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was a British essayist, poet and author. Quotes In literature, in art, in life, I think that the only conclusions worth coming to are one's own conclusions . If they march with the verdict of the connoisseurs , so much the better for the connoisseurs ; if they do not so march , so much the better for oneself. From a College Window, Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1906. Quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations, Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 168). Good and beautiful things may easily be spoiled by suggestions of rights and duties Extracts from the Letters of Dr. A.C. Benson to M.E. Allen, Jarrolds, 1926. Quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations, Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 228). Watersprings (1902) "I must consider," said Monica with a smile, "but one can't do these things offhand--that is worse than doing nothing. I'll tell you what to do NOW. Why not go and stay with Aunt Anne? She would like to see you, I know, and I have always thought it rather lazy of you not to go there--she is rather a remarkable woman, and it's a pretty country. Have you ever been there?" Chapter II, Restlessness. The Isles of Sunset (1904) Let those whose Hearts and Hands are strongTell eager Tales of mighty Deeds;Enough if my sequestered songTo hush'd and twilight Gardens leads!Clear Waters, drawn from secret WellsPerchance may fevered Lips assuage;The Tales an elder Pilgrim tellsTo such as go on Pilgrimage.Such the soft Path my Words would trace,Thus with the moving Waters move;So leave, across the Ocean's Face,A glimmering Stair to Hope and Love. Prologue. Land of Hope and Glory Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be set;@ God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet! Land of Hope and Glory Escape, and Other Essays (1915) All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality — the story of an escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times — how to escape. External links Representative Poetry Online Arthur_Christopher_Benson A. C. Benson Category:1862 births Category:1925 deaths Category:Essayists from England Category:Poets from England Category:Academics from England Category:Diarists Category:LGBT people Category:Anglicans from the United Kingdom Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature