Reviews for Charles Lowder: A Biography

The average rating for Charles Lowder: A Biography based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-05-09 00:00:00 Michelle Songer Opening: Of all nations on the globe, the Irish, as a people, are universally admitted to possess, in a pre-eminent degree, those finer sensibilities of the human heart, which, were they but wisely controlled, would exalt man above the level of ordinary humanity, and make him, as it were, a being of another species. The numerous instances adduced in all periods of their history, of ardent and enterprising zeal, in every case wherein personal honour or national glory may be involved, are in themselves sufficient to establish this assertion. But while granting their pre-eminence as to the possession of those feelings, and the capability of the feelings themselves to be refined and sublimated to the very acme of cultivation, we may still doubt whether the mere possession of them be not less a blessing than a curse—whether, in fact, their[Pg 2] quick perception of disquietudes and pains be not more than a counterpoise to their keen enjoyment of delight or pleasure.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-04-26 00:00:00 Samuel Tammekann this was a well written biography.I knew some things about Noel Coward, but not a lot. This was well researched and written.