John Selden
John Selden
John Seldenwas an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath showing true intellectual depth and breadth; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth16 December 1584
book dying moments
There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.
new-year resolution happy-new-year
Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
inspirational old-friends
Old friends are best.
both candle divide faith gone light
In my intellect, I may divide (faith and works), just as in the candle I know there is both light and heat; yet put out the candle, and both are gone