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Thomas Chalmers (19 March 1850 – 25 May 1926) was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player. Biography Thomas Chalmers was born in Glasgow, the son of a merchant draper. He married Marion Dun Carrick, sister of the famed James Stewart Carrick, in 1883 and they had one son, Archibald Patrick Chalmers, born in 1888. Thomas Chalmers died in Glasgow in 1926. Rugby One of the earliest Scottish players, he is sometimes considered the first great Scottish rugby fullback. He played in the first six international test matches, all of them against , between 1871 and 1876, including 's very first match. He was a solid tackler, good kicker and handy dribbler (a tactic of the time). He played club rugby for the Glasgow Academicals, which was the strongest club in Scotland at the time. He played in the world's first inter-district provincial match on 23 November 1872. Chalmers represented Glasgow District in their match against Edinburgh District on that date.

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“It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”
— Natural Theology (1836), Bk. II, Ch. III : On the Strength of the Evidences for a God in the Phenomena of Visible and External Nature, § 15; though provided without attribution of author, the saying "There is nothing more uncommon than common sense" has since become misattributed to particular people, including Frank Lloyd Wright.
“I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour.”
— P. 186.
“The Bible is like a wide and beautiful landscape seen afar off, dim and confused; but a good telescope will bring it near, and spread out all its rocks and trees and flowers and v__ulant fields and winding rivers at one's very feet. That telescope is the Spirit's teaching.”
— P. 317.
“The sum and substance of the preparation needed for a coming eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what the Bible bids you.”
— P. 497.
“With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.”
— P. 584.
“The benevolence of the Gospel lies in actions”
— P. 174.

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Notable quotes

“It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”
— Natural Theology (1836), Bk. II, Ch. III : On the Strength of the Evidences for a God in the Phenomena of Visible and External Nature, § 15; though provided without attribution of author, the saying "There is nothing more uncommon than common sense" has since become misattributed to particular people, including Frank Lloyd Wright.
“I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour.”
— P. 186.
“The Bible is like a wide and beautiful landscape seen afar off, dim and confused; but a good telescope will bring it near, and spread out all its rocks and trees and flowers and v__ulant fields and winding rivers at one's very feet. That telescope is the Spirit's teaching.”
— P. 317.
“The sum and substance of the preparation needed for a coming eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what the Bible bids you.”
— P. 497.
“With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.”
— P. 584.
“The benevolence of the Gospel lies in actions”
— P. 174.

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

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