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.
George R. Stewart

Born: May 31, 1895
Died: August 22, 1980 (aged 85)
Bio: George Rippey Stewart was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.
Known for:
- Earth Abides (1949)
- Ordeal by Hunger (1936)
- The Pioneers Go West (1954)