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1811–1882 United States
John William Draper (May 5, 1811 – January 4, 1882) was an English-born American scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited with producing the first clear photograph of a female face (1839–40) and the first detailed photograph of the moon in 1840.
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Every movement in the skies or upon the earth proclaims to us that the universe is under government.
A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1863)
Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling.
A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1863)
The Koran abounds in excellent moral suggestions and precepts; its composition is so fragmentary that we can not turn to a single page without finding maxims of which all men must approve. This fragmentary construction yields texts, and mottoes, and rules complete in themselves, suitable for common men in any of the incidents of life.
A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1863)
Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia, the man who, of all others, has exercised the greatest influence upon the human race—Mohammed… To be the religious head of many empires, to guide the daily life of one third of the human race, may perhaps justify the title of a messenger of God.
A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1863)
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