Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Thomas Clarkson
Born: March 28, 1760
Died: September 26, 1846 (aged 86)
Bio: Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire.
Known for:
- A portraiture of Quakerism (1806)