Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Cotton Mather
Born: February 12, 1663
Died: February 13, 1728 (aged 65)
Bio: Cotton Mather was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer.
Known for:
- Wonders of the Invisible World (1693)
- Magnalia Christi Americana (1702)
- Cotton Mather On Witchcraft (1692)
- The Christian Philosopher (1720)
- Essays to do good
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