read the history of times before the Olympiads and Nabonassar. Languages are never lost. By this science, the original unity of the human race is already nearly proved….Again philology as a philosophy speculates on the value of language to man, and its relations to his mind. These speculations are not to be confounded with the facts of the science….Every profound thinker has found himself fettered by language. Hence disputes and misunderstandings have arisen. Also in poetry, in devotion, in music, language is shown to be imperfect; it can never be made sufficient for the whole realm of thought. Man in his development, must have a nobler and fuller language than he has to-day. This may be in a new creation with spiritual bodies." The President, in conclusion, referred to the field of American languages as especially open to the researches of the Association, suggesting its division into sections and the organization of local branches (Crosby 1871: 8, quotation marks in the original). From 1872 to 1880 Crosby was a member of the New Testament Company of the American Revision Committee. Crosby married Margaret Evertson Givan, a daughter of John Givan and Mary Ann Evertson, she a granddaughter of Jacob Evertson of Amenia, New York. Works The Lands of the Moslem (1851) A Bible Manual: intended to furnish a general view of the Holy Scriptures, as introductory to their study (1869) Bible Companion (1870) The Healthy Christian: An Appeal to the Church (1871) Jesus: His Life and Works (1871) Thoughts on the Decalogue (1873) The Bible on the Side of Science. A Lecture Delivered in New York (1875) Expository notes on the Book of Joshua (1875) The New Testament, with Brief Explanatory Notes Or Scholia The Book of Nehemiah (1877) True Temperance Reform (1879) The Christian Preacher (1880) The True Humanity of Christ (1880) Moderation vs. Total Abstinence The New Testament in both Authorized and Revised versions (1884) The Bible view of the Jewish church, in Thirteen Lectures (1888) References External links External links 1826 births Presidents of New York University 1891 deaths Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ministers American people of Dutch descent Clergy from New York City 19th-century American clergy