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.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Born: August 1, 1744
Died: December 18, 1829 (aged 85)
Bio: Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck, often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist.
Known for:
- Philosophie Zoologique (1809)
- Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)
- Journal d'Histoire Naturelle (1792)