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Samuel Johnson (10 October 1822 Salem, Massachusetts – 19 February 1882 North Andover, Massachusetts) was a United States clergyman and author. Biography Johnson graduated from Harvard in 1842, and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1846. He joined no religious denomination. Save for one year with a Unitarian church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he displeased his congregation by his opposition to slavery, he was not settled as a minister until 1853. In 1853, he established an independent society in Lynn, Massachusetts, with which he remained till 1870, when he withdrew to complete studies of many years, the results of which appeared later in his publications. Literary work With Samuel Longfellow, Johnson compiled a Book of Hymns (1846) and Hymns of the Spirit (1864). Some of his own inspiring hymns in these books are now found in the collections of various denominations. His critical study The Worship of Jesus (1868), written in accordance with his views of universal religion, is described by O. B. Frothingham as “perhaps the most penetrating and uplifting essay on that subject in any language.” He printed notable essays on religion, reform, etc., in The Radical and other periodicals. His great series Oriental Religions included volumes on India (1872), China (1877) and Persia (1885). The volume on Persia contains an introduction and a critical estimate of Johnson by Frothingham. The series represents what Johnson himself calls his “purely humanistic point of view.” It took its place among the most learned and liberal contributions to the study of comparative religion and civilisation. His philosophy was highly transcendental; but being versed in many languages, he was acquainted with all schools, and with the results of history, literature, science and criticism in every department.

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Notable quotes

“To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.”
— The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 December 1750). See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)
“The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.”
— No. 148 (17 August 1751)
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
— Vol. I, p. 137
“Sir, you have but two topicks, yourself and me. I am sick of both.”
— (May 1776) p. 313
“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”
— In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. (13 June 1784) p. 542
“Brief biography at The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page”
— Topical guide to over 1,800 quotations by Johnson

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.”
— The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 December 1750). See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)
“The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.”
— No. 148 (17 August 1751)
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
— Vol. I, p. 137
“Sir, you have but two topicks, yourself and me. I am sick of both.”
— (May 1776) p. 313
“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”
— In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. (13 June 1784) p. 542
“Brief biography at The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page”
— Topical guide to over 1,800 quotations by Johnson

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Samuel Johnson (10 October 1822 Salem, Massachusetts – 19 February 1882 North Andover, Massachusetts) was a United States clergyman and author.

Overview

Samuel Johnson (10 October 1822 Salem, Massachusetts – 19 February 1882 North Andover, Massachusetts) was a United States clergyman and author. Biography Johnson graduated from Harvard in 1842, and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1846. He joined no religious denomination. Save for one year with a Unitarian church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he displeased his congregation by his opposition to slavery, he was not settled as a minister until 1853. In 1853, he established an independent society in Lynn, Massachusetts, with which he remained till 1870, when he withdrew to complete studies of many years, the results of which appeared later in his publications. Literary work With Samuel Longfellow, Johnson compiled a Book of Hymns (1846) and Hymns of the Spirit (1864). Some of his own inspiring hymns in these books are now found in the collections of various denominations. His critical study The Worship of Jesus (1868), written in accordance with his views of universal religion, is described by O. B. Frothingham as “perhaps the most penetrating and uplifting essay on that subject in any language.” He printed notable essays on religion, reform, etc., in The Radical and other periodicals. His great series Oriental Religions included volumes on India (1872), China (1877) and Persia (1885). The volume on Persia contains an introduction and a critical estimate of Johnson by Frothingham. The series represents what Johnson himself calls his “purely humanistic point of view.” It took its place among the most learned and liberal contributions to the study of comparative religion and civilisation. His philosophy was highly transcendental; but being versed in many languages, he was acquainted with all schools, and with the results of history, literature, science and criticism in every department.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Not who you're looking for? Others named Samuel Johnson: English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784) · Nigerian historian · Australian actor · English political writer

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