Quote of the day
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
Dumas Malone

Born: January 10, 1892
Died: December 27, 1986 (aged 94)
Bio: Dumas Malone was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson and His Time, for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history. In 1983 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Known for:
- Jefferson and His Time (1948)
- The Sage of Monticello (1981)
- Jefferson and the Rights of Man (1951)
- Thomas Jefferson: A Brief Biography






