Quote of the day
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
Henry M. Cist
Born: February 20, 1839
Died: December 16, 1902 (aged 63)
Bio: Henry Martyn Cist was an American soldier, lawyer, and author who became a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his classic and oft-referenced 1882 book The Army of the Cumberland.