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.
Jan Smuts
Born: May 24, 1870
Died: September 11, 1950 (aged 80)
Bio: Jan Christiaan Smuts was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher.
Known for:
- Holism and Evolution (1926)
- Toward a Better World (1944)