Thursday, August 17, 1809

From the shelf

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

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Isaac NewtonLetter to Robert Hooke · 1675

In 1810 this day opens on David Hume.

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

August 17 · Quotationary