Patriot Echoes – Exploring 250 years of patriot wisdom.
- March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
- March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
Topic: Science
Quotes
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“Scientific development should extend the comforts of life to a much enlarged circle, to those who had before known its necessaries only. ”
Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Benjamin Rush · View -
“There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ”
George Washington , First Annual Message to Congress · View -
“The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they have enveloped it, is a religion of all others most friendly to liberty, science, and the freest expansion of the human mind. ”
Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Moses Robinson · View