Tuesday, September 23, 1930

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to September 23. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Thomas JeffersonThe Declaration of Independence · 1776

In 1931 this day opens on Frederick Douglass.

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

September 23 · Quotationary