THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”

— Adam Smith

BIRTHDAYS:

1723 Adam Smith, Scottish moral philosopher and economist whose writings established the intellectual foundations of classical economics.

1806: Edward Davy, English-born Australian physician, chemist, and inventor renowned for his pioneering contributions to electric telegraphy, including the independent development of an electromagnetic telegraph system and the invention of the electric relay in 1837.

MISCELLANEOUS:

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