Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Asa Mahan

Born: November 9, 1799
Died: April 4, 1889 (aged 89)
Bio: Asa Mahan was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator and the first president of Oberlin College and Adrian College.
Known for:
- Doctrine of the Will (1845)
- A critical history of philosophy (1883)
- A Critical History of the Late American War (1877)
- Scripture Doctrine of Christian Perfection (1839)
- A System of Intellectual Philosophy (1845)