Monday, February 29, 1960

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to February 29. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

February 29 stays in the book in common years. The lived calendar skips it. This page does not.

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Winston ChurchillSpeech to the House of Commons · 1940

In 1961 this day opens on Elie Wiesel.

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

February 29 · Quotationary