I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to flexible at all times.

Francis Thompson

About Francis Thompson

Portrait of Francis Thompson

Francis Joseph Thompson (16 December 1859 – 13 November 1907) was an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet. He spent...

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