Quote of the day
Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
G. Stanley Hall
Born: February 1, 1846
Died: April 24, 1924 (aged 78)
Bio: Granville Stanley Hall was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. His interests focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory. Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association and the first president of Clark University.
Known for:
- Senescence, the Last Half of Life (1922)
- Youth: its education, regimen, and hygiene (1906)
- Aspects Of Child Life And Education (1907)