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March 26, 1889 – “The Navajo Indians gave Faye Edgerton a name: “The One Who Understands.” The reason was simple: she had spent close to half a century with them, learning their language (they called it Dine bizaad) and translating the New Testament into it… Faye Edgerton was born on this day, March 26, 1889.” – Christianity.com, May 3, 2010
died May 12, 1871 – “John was happy with his wife, Margaret Stewart. She was the daughter of a Scottish Presbyterian. Under Margaret’s influence, John underwent a genuine conversion experience. Men like John Herschel give the lie to the notion that great scientists cannot be genuine Christians.” – Christianity.com, May 3, 2010
“It was during this time that he wrote some of his most famous and enduring works, in particular “The History of Freedom in Antiquity” and “The History of Freedom in Christianity” (originally delivered as lectures in 1877 and published posthumously in 1907), the only parts of a projected magnum opus on “The History of Liberty.” Indeed, by this time Acton had developed one of his most enduring and important insights: Human history is essentially the story of individual liberty or, more precisely, man’s struggle for liberty.” – OLL Online Library of Liberty, January 31, 2023