Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Jacob Abbott
Born: November 14, 1803
Died: October 31, 1879 (aged 75)
Bio: Jacob Abbott was an American writer of children's books.
Known for:
- Rollo in Switzerland (1854)
- History of Julius Caesar (1849)
- Rollo on the Atlantic (1853)
- Cleopatra (1879)