The war hero Albert Pike died at the age of 81. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Officer of the Confederate Army who was also an attorney, a poet, and a Freemason.
He was the son of Sarah and Ben Pike.
Quotes
"War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
"The sovereignty of one’s self over one’s self is called Liberty.
"A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.
"Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.
"To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to do that which lies before us to do, is more honorable than rank and title.