Wednesday, October 4, 1854

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to October 4. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

I do not weep at the world — I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Zora Neale HurstonHow It Feels to Be Colored Me · 1928

In 1855 this day opens on Frederick Douglass.

Arrow keys turn the day. S keeps the line. Slash focuses search.

October 4 · Quotationary