Quote of the day
The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
Edward Augustus Freeman
Born: August 2, 1823
Died: March 16, 1892 (aged 68)
Bio: Edward Augustus Freeman was an English historian, architectural artist, liberal politician during the late-19th-century heyday of William Gladstone, and a one-time candidate for Parliament.
Known for:
- Race and Language
- The Historical Geography of Europe (1881)