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.
Thomas Brackett Reed
Born: October 18, 1839
Died: December 7, 1902 (aged 63)
Bio: Thomas Brackett Reed, occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 1891 and also from 1895 1899.
Known for:
- Thermal Data for Natural and Synthetic Fuels
- Biomass to Methanol: A Specialists' Workshop