Ocupation: Novelist
Life: May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850
Birthday: May 20
Death: August 18
He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, "I shall win!"--the cry of a gambler, the cry of the great general, the compulsive cry that has ruined more men than it has ever saved.
topic: Winning, Men, Lasts, Self Assuredness