Sunday, August 17, 1919

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.

It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Nelson MandelaStatement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial · 1964

In 1920 this day opens on Robert Frost.

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

August 17 · Quotationary