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.
Christopher Ricks

Born: 1933 (age 92)
Bio: Sir Christopher Bruce Ricks is a British literary critic and scholar. He is the William M. and Sara B.
Known for:
- Dylan's Visions of Sin (2004)
- The Force of Poetry (1984)
- Keats and Embarrassment (1974)
- The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1987)