American transcendentalist, abolitionist and reforming minister (1810-1860).
Born August 24th, 1810 in Lexington.
Died May 10th, 1860 at 49 years old in Florence (tuberculosis).
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs