George Linnaeus Banks

George Linnaeus Banks (2 March 1821 – 3 May 1881) was a British journalist, editor, poet, playwright, amateur actor, orator, and Methodist. His wife was the author Isabella Banks. Quotes For the cause that lacks assistance,For the wrong that needs resistance,For the future in the distance,  And the good that I can do. "What I Live For", st. 5. First appeared in the Family Herald. Later published in Peals from the Belfry (London: Hope & Co., 1853), p. 30, and in Daisies in the Grass (London: Robert Hardwicke, 1865), p. 23. Misquoted by E. R. Norris Matthews in Notes and Queries, ser. 6, vol. 11, no. 273 (21 March 1885), pp. 229; correct version quoted and attributed by the author's widow, ser. 6, vol. 11, no. 274 (11 Apr. 1885), p. 299 (but with 'For' om. in l. 2) External links Category:1821 births Category:1881 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Journalists from England Category:Authors from England Category:Methodists Category:People from Birmingham