Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Alice Tisdale Hobart

Born: January 28, 1882
Died: March 14, 1967 (aged 85)
Bio: Alice Tisdale Hobart born Alice Nourse in Lockport, New York, was an American novelist.
Known for:
- Oil for the Lamps of China
- The serpent-wreathed staff (1951)
- By the City of the long sand (1926)
- Gusty's child (1959)
- Pioneering where the world is old (1917)