17 October

Born in 1859 – Childe Hassam, American artist.

Above: Rainy Day, Boston, 1885

Also, born in 1813, German-Swiss poet and playwright Georg Büchner, who said:

The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.

and

Only one thing abides: an infinite beauty that passes from form to form, eternally changed and revealed afresh.