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.
Ludwig Lewisohn

Born: May 30, 1882
Died: December 31, 1955 (aged 73)
Bio: Ludwig Lewisohn was an outspoken critic of American Jewish assimilation, novelist and translator, known for his novel The Island Within.
Known for:
- The Case of Mr. Crump (1926)
- The island within (1928)
- Up Stream (1922)
- The story of American literature (1932)
- Le destin de Mr Crump