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.
Ian Hay
Born: April 17, 1876
Died: September 22, 1952 (aged 76)
Bio: Major General John Hay Beith was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but he is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay.
Known for:
- The first hundred thousand (1915)
- The lighter side of school life (1914)
- Happy-go-lucky (1913)
- The Willing Horse: A Novel (1900)
- Getting together (1917)