Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was an American journalist and politician, born at Amherst, New Hampshire, the son of a poor farmer. He was bred a printer, and in 1831 settled in New York. In a few years he started a literary paper the New Yorker, and shortly afterwards made a more successful venture in the Log Cabin, a political paper, following that up by founding the New York Tribune in 1841, and merging his former papers in the Weekly Tribune. Till his death he advocated temperance, anti-slavery, socialistic and protectionist principles in these papers. In 1848, he entered Congress and became a prominent member of the Republican party. He visited Europe, and was chairman of one of the juries of the Great Exhibition. In 1872, he unsuccessfully opposed Grant for the Presidency. In religion he was a Universalist. His works include "The American Conflict," "Recollections," "Essays," &c.Wisdom & Quotes
- Go west young man, go west.
Charles Dickens