To let politics become a cesspool, and then avoid it because it is a cesspool, is a double crime.
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| Birth: | 1826 |
| Death: | 1891 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Educator, Professor, Pastor |
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Howard Crosby was born in New York City, New York, USA. He was an American pastor, educator and professor. He graduated from New York University in 1844. He served as a professor of Greek at New York University in 1851. In 1859, he was appointed professor of Greek at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, where two years later he was ordained pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick. From 1863 until his death he was pastor of Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York. From 1870 to 1881 he was chancellor of New York University. He was also president of the American Philological Association. He was one of the founders and the first president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Crime, and pleaded for better management of Indian affairs and international copyright.
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