Tuesday, July 17, 1877

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Nothing in the canon is tethered to July 17. 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 1878 this day opens on W. H. Auden.

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

July 17 · Quotationary