Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Venture Smith

Born: 1729
Died: 1805 (aged 76)
Bio: Venture Smith was captured when he was a 6 and a half-year-old boy in West Africa and was taken to Anomabo on the Gold Coast to be sold as a slave. As an adult in Rhode Island, he purchased his freedom and that of his family.