Quote of the day
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Francis Wayland
Born: March 11, 1796
Died: September 30, 1865 (aged 69)
Bio: Francis Wayland, American Baptist educator and economist, was born in New York City, New York. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C.
Known for:
- The elements of moral science (1835)
- The elements of political economy. (1837)
- The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy (1854)
- The Limitations of Human Responsibility (1838)