Arthur Hugh Clough Quotes
The world is very odd we see. We do not comprehend it; But in one fact we can all agree, God won’t and we can’t mend it.
Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-1861, British Poet, Dipsychus
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This proverb is often attributed to The Prophet and hence has special meaning.
The idea that the government should plan ahead for sufficient agricultural and industrial production was strongly opposed by some who saw it as “communism” and others who saw it as against the will of God—ultra fundamentalist Protestants and Jews do not believe that government should perform this role but should leave it to God. The Dust Bowl droughts were attributed to God’s anger then just as major hurricanes were attributed in the 21st century to God’s displeasure about Gay Marriage. There are many examples in all times and societies.
He gave this interview the moth before he died.
Arthur Hugh Clough was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to Florence Nightingale. He was the brother of suffragist Anne Clough and father of Blanche Athena Clough who both became principals of Newnham College, Cambridge.