William Howard Taft (1857) It was on this date, September 15, 1857, that the 27th US President, William Howard Taft, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of a Unitarian. As he grew up, in the late 1850s, Dr. Moncure…
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September 15: William Howard Taft
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July 11: John Quincy Adams
There are in this country… a certain proportion of restless and turbulent spirits who must always have something to quarrel about with their neighbors. These people are the authors of religious revivals.
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Posted in Famous Freethinkers, History, Politics
Posted in Famous Freethinkers, History, Politics
March 8: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Throughout most of his legal life, his religious opinion can be said to have been Unitarian. Said Holmes, “the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God.”
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Posted in Famous Freethinkers, Law
February 27: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807) It was on this date, February 27, 1807, that the first American professional poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was born in coastal Portland, Maine. Although his father steered him toward a legal career, Henry was too in…
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Posted in Famous Freethinkers, Poet
Posted in Famous Freethinkers, Poet
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