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 Gisborne
Born: October 31, 1758
Died: March 24, 1846 (aged 87)
Bio: Thomas Gisborne was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was a member of the Clapham Sect, who fought for the abolition of the slave trade in England.
Known for:
- Poems, sacred and moral (1798)
- Essays on agriculture