Quote of the day
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
James Silk Buckingham
Born: August 25, 1786
Died: June 30, 1855 (aged 68)
Bio: James Silk Buckingham was a Cornish-born author, journalist and traveller.
Known for:
- The slave States of America (1842)
- Travels in Mesopotamia (1827)
- National evils and practical remedies (1849)







