John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

thumb John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, PC (April 30, 1834 – May 28, 1913) was an English banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist. He served as President of the Royal Statistical Society. Quotes When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. The Pleasures of Life, vol. 1 (1887), ch. II: The Happiness of Duty We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating. The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time. The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation There are three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer. Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought to help us to answer these questions. The Use of Life (1894), ch. VI: National EducationThe Use of Life on Archive.Org, pages 102—103 References External links Category:1834 births Category:1913 deaths Category:Academics from England Category:Archaeologists from England Category:Naturalists from England Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:Liberal Party (UK) politicians Category:People from London Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society