Quote of the day
What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?
Edward Bates
Born: September 4, 1793
Died: March 25, 1869 (aged 75)
Bio: Edward Bates was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. He served as the first attorney general of Missouri after it was admitted as a state.
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