28 August 1845 Posted on August 27, 2014 by Staff Scientific American magazine is published for the first time. Famous Words of Inspiration..."I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business." Henry David Thoreau — Click here for more from Henry David Thoreau Related posts: 28 August 1845 20 August 1988 28 August 1988 28 August 1810