“Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.”

About Carl Schurz

Statesman • American

Carl Schurz was a German revolutionary who later became a prominent American statesman, reformer, and journalist. After emigrating to the United States, he served as a Union Army general during the Civil War,...