Thought for the Day
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends;
they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors,
and the most patient of teachers.”
~ Charles W. Eliot
(1834-1926)
*Charles William Eliot
Born: March 20, 1834 Boston, Massachusetts
Died: August 22, 1926 (age 92) Northeast Harbor, Maine
An American academic who was selected as Harvard’s president in 1869. He transformed the provincial college into the preeminent American research university. Eliot served until 1909, having the longest term as president in the university’s history.
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