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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Annie S. Swan
Born: July 8, 1859
Died: June 17, 1943 (aged 83)
Bio: Annie Shepherd Swan was a Scottish journalist, novelist and story writer. She used her maiden name for most of her literary career, but also wrote as David Lyall and later Mrs Burnett Smith.
Known for:
- Thankful rest (1885)
- The Guinea Stamp - A Tale of Modern Glasgow (1892)
- The gates of Eden (1887)