John Stuart Blackie (28 July 1809 – 2 March 1895) was a Scottish scholar and man of letters. He was born in Glasgow, and educated at the New Academy and afterwards at the Marischal College, in Aberdeen, where his father was manager of the Commercial Bank.
Born: July 28th, 1809
Died: March 2nd, 1895
Categories: 1890s deaths, Scots
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Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.
Order is the law of all intelligible existence.
Rocking on a lazy billow With roaming eyes, Cushioned on a dreamy pillow, Thou art now wise. Wake the power within thee slumbering, Trim the plot that's in thy keeping, Thou wilt bless the task when reaping Sweet labour's prize.