Quote of the day
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.
August Wilhelm Schlegel
Born: September 8, 1767
Died: May 12, 1845 (aged 77)
Bio: August Wilhelm Schlegel, usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence of Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics.