Thinkers of the Industrial Age
Hermann Grassmann
1809 – 1877
Mathematicsquotes
Hermann Günther Grassmann was a German polymath known in his day as a linguist and now also as a mathematician. He was also a physicist, general scholar, and publisher. His mathematical work was little noted until he was in his sixties.
William Ewart Gladstone
1809 – 1898
Politicsquotes
William Ewart Gladstone was a British statesman and Liberal politician, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for 12 years, spread over four non-consecutive terms, beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also was Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, for more than 12 years. Gladstone was also Leader of the House of Commons. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 60 years, from 1832 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1895; during that time he represented a total of five constituencies.
What that Sicilian mule was to me, I have been to the Queen.
Elbridge G. Spaulding
1809 – 1897
Politicsquotes
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding was an American lawyer, banker, and Republican Party politician. He opposed slavery and supported the idea for the first U.S. currency not backed by gold or silver, thus helping to keep the Union's economy afloat during the U.S.
Thomas Gordon Hake
1809 – 1895
Medicinequotes
Thomas Gordon Hake was an English physician and poet.
The more a writer deviates from simplicity, the less sincere he appears.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
1809 – 1894
Literaturequotes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
Benjamin Peirce
1809 – 1880
Mathematicsquotes
Benjamin Peirce was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics.
Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions.
Henry Giles
1809 – 1882
Literaturequotes
Albert Pike
1809 – 1891
Militaryquotes
Albert Pike was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865. He had previously served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the District of Indian Territory in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. A prominent member of the Freemasons, Pike served as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891.
Hypocrisy is the homage that vice and wrong pay to virtue and justice.
Words from June 15
"What that Sicilian mule was to me, I have been to the Queen."
William Ewart Gladstone
1809
"Ireland, Ireland! that cloud in the west, that coming storm."
William Ewart Gladstone
1809
"The more a writer deviates from simplicity, the less sincere he appears."
Thomas Gordon Hake
1809
"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
1809
"The Widow Rowens was now in the full bloom of ornamental sorrow."
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
1809
"Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions."
Benjamin Peirce
1809