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.
Samuel Dickinson Burchard

Born: July 17, 1836
Died: September 1, 1901 (aged 65)
Bio: Samuel Dickinson Burchard was a nineteenth-century U.S. Representative and manufacturer from Wisconsin.