Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Elihu Root
Born: February 15, 1845
Died: February 7, 1937 (aged 91)
Bio: Elihu Root was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the Secretary of War under two presidents, including President Theodore Roosevelt. He moved frequently between high-level appointed government positions in Washington, D.C.
Known for:
- Addresses on International Subjects (1916)
- Miscellaneous Addresses (1917)
- Men and Policies: Addresses
- Addresses on Government and Citizenship (1916)