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.
Pieter Geyl

Born: December 15, 1887
Died: December 31, 1966 (aged 79)
Bio: Pieter Catharinus Arie Geyl was a Dutch historian, well known for his studies in early modern Dutch history and in historiography.
Known for:
- Napoléon, for and against (1949)
- Orange and Stuart, 1641-1672
- From Ranke to Toynbee (1952)
- Debates with historians (1955)
- Revolt of the Netherlands, 1555-1609 (1932)