American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Joseph Ernest Renan (February 28, 1823-October 12, 1892) was a French philosopher and historian. In 1878, he was elected to the French Academy. He was famous for his Life of Jesus (1863); History of the People of Israel, 5 volumes (1887-1893); and Philosophical Dramas. In La Vie de Jesus, 1863, Renan stated in his introduction concerning Jesus: <The whole of history is incomprehensible without Him.> 1823JR001 In Les Apotres, 1866, Renan wrote: <Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.> 1823JR002 In 1866, Joseph Ernest Renan exclaimed: <Let...

Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822-September 28, 1895) was a French microbiologist and chemist. He developed the process of "Pasteurization" for milk; the vaccines for anthrax and chicken cholera, 1881; and the rabies vaccine, 1885. He revolutionized the medical field by establishing the germ theory of disease, organic basis and regulation of fermentation, and bacteriology. His research laid the foundation for the control of tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria, tetanus, and many other diseases. In 1854 he was appointed dean of the faculty of sciences at Lille University, and in 1888 the Pasteur Institute was founded to treat rabies, and for advanced biological...

Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822-June 10, 1909) was an American author. He wrote The Man Without a Country, 1863, and over fifty other books. He was the editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser and later became Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, 1903-1909. Everett Hale was the nephew of Nathan Hale, the revolutionary patriot who was executed by the British after uttering his last words, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Everett Hale proclaimed: <I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I...

Samuel Colgate (March 22, 1822-April 23, 1897) was an American soap manufacturer and philanthropist. He expanded the business of his father, William Colgate, into one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world. His father was also noted for giving at least a tenth of his net yearly earnings to charities, and organizing both the American Bible Society and the American and Foreign Bible Society. Samuel Colgate was a benefactor and trustee of Madison University in Hamilton, N.Y., which was renamed in 1890 to Colgate University. He was a member of the American Tract Society, President of the New...

United States Congress (1822) ratified in both the House and Senate of the United States, along with Great Britain and Ireland, the Convention for Indemnity under Award of Emperor of Russia as to the True Construction of the First Article of the Treaty of December 24, 1814. It begins with these words: <In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity.> 1822US001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1822US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Congress, 1822, both the House and Senate of the United States,...