Thomas Cogswell Upham

American philosopher and psychologist (1799–1872)

Thomas Cogswell Upham (30 January 1799 – 2 April 1872) was an American philosopher, psychologist, pacifist, poet, author, and educator who became an important figure in the holiness movement.

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  • Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;
    Right hath a power that makes thee strong.
    The night is dark, but light is near;
    The grief is short, the joy is long.
    • Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 201.
  • Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun.
    • Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 316.
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