Friday, April 27, 2012

That Was Then, This Is Now



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WORD FOR TODAY

demagogue
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Born April 27, 1791
Died April 2, 1872

American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code.


Original Samuel Morse telegraph


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“I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.”

--Wilson Mizner

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