When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.
-- James Whitcomb Riley
   
James Whitcomb Riley   Name:
James Whitcomb Riley
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
American
Birth:
October 7, 1849
Death:
July 22, 1916
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