Quote of the day
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
Joseph Grew
Born: May 27, 1880
Died: May 25, 1965 (aged 84)
Bio: Joseph Clark Grew was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. Early in his career, he was the chargé d'affaires at the American Embassy in Vienna when the Austro-Hungarian Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 9, 1917.
Known for:
- Ten years in Japan (1944)
- Report from Tokyo (1942)
- Sport and Travel in the Far East (1910)