Monday, May 28, 1849

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to May 28. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
ThucydidesHistory of the Peloponnesian War · The Melian dialogue, Book V · 416 BCE

In 1850 this day opens on Friedrich Nietzsche.

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

May 28 · Quotationary