Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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