Quote by: Lew Wallace

Youth is but the painted shell within which, continually growing, lives that wondrous thing the spirit of a man, biding its moment of apparition, earlier in some than in others.


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Author Bio


  • NameLew Wallace
  • DescriptionAmerican lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur'
  • AliasesLewis "Lew" Wallace
  • BornApril 10, 1827
  • DiedFebruary 15, 1905
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Lawyer; Diplomat; Novelist; Politician; Autobiographer; Writer