"Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit. " Rutherford B. Hayes, who was born 4 Oct, 1822, back when men were digging the Erie Canal. Somehow it's nice to know that I share a bad habit with the 19th President of the United States.

"I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded." Frederic Remington, who was born 4 Oct. 1861, who painted moonlight and horses better than almost anyone.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/frederic-remington/about-frederic-remington/688/