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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.
Lucas Malet

Born: June 4, 1852
Died: October 27, 1931 (aged 79)
Bio: Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley, a Victorian novelist. Of her novels, The Wages of Sin and The History of Sir Richard Calmady were especially popular.
Known for:
- The history of Sir Richard Calmady (1901)
- The Far Horizon (1906)
- The Gateless Barrier (1900)
- Deadham Hard (1919)
- The Wages of Sin (1890)