Quote of the day
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.
Horace Porter
Born: April 15, 1837
Died: May 29, 1921 (aged 84)
Bio: Horace Porter was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S.
Known for:
- Campaigning With Grant (1897)
- Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America
- Railway Passenger Travel, 1825-1880 (1888)







