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.
Susanna Moodie
Born: December 6, 1803
Died: April 8, 1885 (aged 81)
Bio: Susanna Moodie was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time.
Known for:
- Roughing it in the Bush (1852)
- Life in the clearings (1853)
- Life in the Backwoods
- Flora Lyndsay (1854)
- George Leatrim