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.
Francis Burnand

Born: November 29, 1836
Died: April 21, 1917 (aged 80)
Bio: Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, usually known as F. C. Burnand, was an English comic writer and prolific playwright, best known today as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's opera Cox and Box.
Known for:
- Happy Thoughts (1868)
- Happy-Thought Hall (1872)
- The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook
- More Happy Thoughts, Etc. Etc. (1871)
- The Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1882)