Un-resting, un-hasting – two famous words captured
Walter Chalmers Smith 1824-1908 penned the famous hymn "Immortal Invisible, God only wise" but few know that his second stanza's first two words were quoted by Adolf Hitler in his description of the game of cricket. Very few people know that Adolph Hitler played cricket when recuperating from injury at the end of WWI (there were British POWs nearby). He was recuperating from being gassed and would walk across the the British POW camp and watch the cricket matches. Having done this for some time, he challenged the Brits to a game and gave cricket the insightful motto: (Ohne Hast, ohne Rast) - ...
Source: christiantoday.com.au