Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
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)