Christian Sharps

Christian Sharps, (January 2, 1810 - March 12, 1874) was the inventor of the Sharps rifle - the first commercially successful breech loading rifle.

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    “You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.”
    —Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987)

    “Rats!
    They fought the dogs and killed the cats,
    And bit the babies in the cradles,
    And ate the cheeses out of the vats,
    And licked the soup from the cooks’ own ladles,
    Split open the kegs of salted sprats,
    Made nests inside men’s Sunday hats,
    And even spoiled the women’s chats
    By drowning their speaking
    With shrieking and squeaking
    In fifty different sharps and flats.”
    —Robert Browning (1812–1889)