Wednesday, March 19, 1817

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to March 19. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Frederick DouglassWest India Emancipation speech · 1857

In 1818 this day opens on W. H. Auden.

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

March 19 · Quotationary