13 January The literary calendar
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The pleasures of self-approbation, together with the right cultivation of all our pleasures, require individual independence. Without independence men cannot become either wise, or useful, or happy.
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- Charlotte Charke: William Jones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frances Notley: Frances Eliza Millett Notley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard: Barrauds Ltd., London, (1892-1904) Reference:Michael Pritchard (1994) A Directory of London Photographers 1841-1908, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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