Tuesday, May 18, 1847

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Nothing in the canon is tethered to May 18. 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 1848 this day opens on W. H. Auden.

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

May 18 · Quotationary