Friday, August 17, 1973

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.

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

In 1974 this day opens on Marcus Aurelius.

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

August 17 · Quotationary