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.
Jean-Louis Michel
Born: 1785
Died: 1865 (aged 80)
Bio: Jean-Louis Michel was a fencing master, sometimes hailed as the foremost exponent of the art of fencing in the nineteenth century.