Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
James McCosh
Born: April 1, 1811
Died: November 16, 1894 (aged 83)
Bio: James McCosh was a prominent philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense. He was president of Princeton University 1868-1888.
Known for:
- Christianity And Positivism (1871)
- The Religious Aspect of Evolution (1888)