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.
Leonard Bacon
Born: February 19, 1802
Died: December 24, 1881 (aged 79)
Bio: Leonard Bacon was an American Congregational preacher and writer. He held the pulpit of the First Church New Haven and was later professor of church history and polity at Yale College.
Known for:
- The genesis of the New England churches (1874)
- Energetics, V1: Cosmic Energetics