Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Thomas Brackett Reed
Born: October 18, 1839
Died: December 7, 1902 (aged 63)
Bio: Thomas Brackett Reed, occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 1891 and also from 1895 1899.
Known for:
- Thermal Data for Natural and Synthetic Fuels
- Biomass to Methanol: A Specialists' Workshop







