Quote of the day
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
Allan Nevins
Born: May 20, 1890
Died: March 5, 1971 (aged 80)
Bio: Joseph Allan Nevins was an American historian and journalist, renowned for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D.
Known for:
- The gateway to history (1938)
- A pocket history of the United States (1942)
- Fremont, pathmarker of the West (1939)
- America, the Story of a Free People (1943)
- Ordeal of the Union (1947)








