9 May
Born in 1848—French photographer, Charles Nègre.
Above: Model on bed wearing a shirt, 1848
Also, born in 1921, German anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl, who said
Isn't it a tremendous enigma and, if we know the reason, almost frightening, that everything is so beautiful? In spite of all the terrible things that are going on. A great unknown has burst into my simple enjoyment of things beautiful, a faint vision of their creator, whom the innocent, created beings glorify with their beauty.
and
I will cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even when my numb hands can no longer feel it.
Previously on May 9, Scholl.
"I will cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even when my numb hands can no longer feel it." I have the feeling this is the same quality of hope in a merciful, just God that a 100 year old Abraham held.