David Hume, a famous British philosopher and historian, was born in Edinburgh, April 26, 1711, and died there August 25, 1776. Among his works may be mentioned: “Political Discourses,” “An Inquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals,” “Four Dissertations,” “A Treatise on Human Nature,” “History of England,” “Two Essays,” “Natural History of Religion,” “Essays, Moral and Political,” etc.
Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.
“Natural History,”—Charles Farrar Browne.
Charles Farrar Browne (“Artemus Ward”), a noted American humorist, was born at Waterford, Me., April 26, 1834, and died at Southampton, England, March 6, 1867. He wrote: “Artemus Ward, His Book,” and “Artemus Ward, His Travels.”
On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.
“Memoirs,” Vol. i, p. 116,—Edward Gibbon.
Edward Gibbon, a renowned English historian, was born at Putney, Surrey, April 27, 1737, and died at London, January 15, 1794. His notable works are: “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” “Critical Observations,” “Essay on the Study of Literature,” and “Miscellaneous Works, with Memoir Composed by Himself.”
Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
“First Principles,”—Herbert Spencer.
Herbert Spencer, the celebrated English philosopher, was born at Derby, April 27, 1820, and died December 8, 1903. Among his noted works are: “Principles of Psychology,” “Classification of the Sciences,” “Education,” “Essays,” “The Study of Sociology,” “Data of Ethics,” “Principles of Sociology,” “Political Institutions,” etc.