Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Henry Pleasants

Born: February 16, 1833
Died: March 26, 1880 (aged 47)
Bio: Henry Clay Pleasants was a coal mining engineer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.