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.
Gertrud von Le Fort

Born: October 11, 1876
Died: November 1, 1971 (aged 95)
Bio: The Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort was a German writer of novels, poems and essays.
Known for:
- The song at the scaffold (1933)
- The eternal woman
- The Wife of Pilate and Other Stories
- Hymns to the Church
- The Veil of Veronica