Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Abram Joseph Ryan

Born: February 5, 1839
Died: April 22, 1886 (aged 47)
Bio: The Rev. Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, an active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and a Catholic priest. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and, less frequently, the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy."
Known for:
- Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous (1880)
- Father Ryan's Poems (1879)
- Poems: Patriotic, Religious
- CROWN FOR OUR QUEEN (1882)