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.
Octavius Brooks Frothingham

Born: November 26, 1822
Died: November 27, 1895 (aged 73)
Bio: Octavius Brooks Frothingham, was an American clergyman and author.
Known for:
- Transcendentalism in New England: A History (1876)
- Recollections and impressions, 1822-1890 (1891)
- Beliefs of the unbelievers (1871)
- George Ripley (1882)