Charles Kendall Adams
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"Charles Kendall Adams" was an United States of America/American educator and historian. He served as the second president of Cornell University from 1885 until 1892, and as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison/University of Wisconsin from 1892 until 1901. He was the editor-in-chief of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia (1892-1895), and of the successor Universal Cyclopaedia (1900), sometimes referred to as Appleton's Universal Cyclopaedia.

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Get dealt a set of cards in life, and just deal with them........no problem.

Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.

Its like buying a bottle of milk and getting a bottle of orange........you just would not accept it would you????

No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him.