Thursday, July 17, 1969

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to July 17. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie WieselNobel lecture · 1986

In 1970 this day opens on The Qur’an.

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

July 17 · Quotationary