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.
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz

Born: September 24, 1878
Died: May 23, 1947 (aged 68)
Bio: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.
Known for:
- La grande peur dans la montagne (1926)
- Vie de Samuel Belet (1913)
- Beauty on Earth
- The reign of the evil one (1922)
- When the mountain fell (1947)