Thomas Nelson Page — American Writer born on April 23, 1853, died on November 01, 1922

Thomas Nelson Page was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I... (wikipedia)

I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive.
She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid.
Old maids do not mind giving people trouble.
She had been dying so long that I had almost come to regard her as immortal.