Tuesday, August 13, 1957

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 13. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.
Karl MarxThe Communist Manifesto · 1848

In 1958 this day opens on Mohandas K. Gandhi.

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

August 13 · Quotationary