Wednesday, August 12, 1868

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 12. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
W. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of Black Folk · 1903

In 1869 this day opens on Marcus Aurelius.

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

August 12 · Quotationary