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 Marion Crawford

Born: August 2, 1854
Died: April 9, 1909 (aged 54)
Bio: Francis Marion Crawford was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.
Known for:
- The upper berth (1894)
- The Witch of Prague (1885)
- For the Blood is the Life
- Don Orsino (1891)
- Ave Roma immortalis (1898)