James Martineau — English Philosopher born on April 21, 1805, died on January 11, 1900

James Martineau was an English religious philosopher influential in the history of Unitarianism... (wikipedia)

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.
The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.
All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.
Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind.
The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.