Quote of the day
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
William Smellie
Born: 1740
Died: June 24, 1795 (aged 55)
Bio: William Smellie FRSE FSA was a Scottish master printer, naturalist, antiquary, editor and encyclopedist. He was friends with Robert Burns, whose assessment is engraved on Smellie's tombstone: Here lies a man who did honour to human nature.