Sunday, July 19, 1936

From the shelf

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

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
ThucydidesHistory of the Peloponnesian War · Pericles’ funeral oration, Book II · 431 BCE

In 1937 this day opens on Friedrich Nietzsche.

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

July 19 · Quotationary