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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.
Horace Walpole
Born: September 24, 1717
Died: March 2, 1797 (aged 79)
Bio: Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford also known as Horace Walpole was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician.
Known for:
- The Castle of Otranto (1764)
- Hieroglyphic Tales (1785)
- Anecdotes of Painting in England (1762)
- The Mysterious Mother: A Tragedy (1768)
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