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.
Lindley Murray
Born: March 27, 1745
Died: February 16, 1826 (aged 80)
Bio: Lindley Murray, was an American Quaker who moved to England and became a writer and grammarian.
Known for:
- English Grammar: 1795
- English exercises
- The power of religion on the mind (1793)
- Introduction to the English reader (1803)