Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Simon Patten
Born: 1852
Died: 1922 (aged 70)
Bio: Simon Nelson Patten was an influential economist and the chair of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Known for:
- The new basis of civilization (1907)
- Theory of prosperity (1902)
- The Development Of English Thought (1899)
- The consumption of wealth (1889)
- Economic basis of protection (1890)