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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.
Charles Hamilton Aide
Born: 1826
Died: December 13, 1906 (aged 80)
Bio: Charles Hamilton Aide was "for many years a conspicuous figure in London literary society, a writer of novels, songs and dramas of considerable merit and popularity, and a skillful amateur artist".
Known for:
- Rita: an Autobiography (1859)
- Elizabeth's Pretenders (1895)
- Morals and Mysteries (1872)