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.
Joseph Barrell
Born: December 15, 1869
Died: May 4, 1919 (aged 49)
Bio: Joseph Barrell was an American geologist who developed many ideas on the origins of the Earth, isostasy and ideas on the origins of sedimentary rocks. He suggested that they were produced by the action of rivers, winds, and ice, as well as by marine sedimentation.
Known for:
- A Philosophical Study of the Human Mind
- Central Connecticut in the Geologic Past
- Ben Jonson and Possessive Authorship