Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
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)







