Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Louise Clappe

Born: July 28, 1819
Died: February 11, 1906 (aged 86)
Bio: Louise Amelia Knapp Clappe was born in New Jersey, spent most of her youth and young adult life in Massachusetts, and later moved out West to California with her husband Fayette Clapp.