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 Cogswell Upham

Born: January 30, 1799
Died: April 2, 1872 (aged 73)
Bio: Thomas Upham was an American philosopher, psychologist, pacifist, poet, author, and educator. He was an important figure in the holiness movement.
Known for:
- Elements of mental philosophy (1828)
- Mental philosophy (1857)
- Christ in the soul
- A treatise on divine union (1851)