26 February The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
So, march away; and let due praise be given Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.
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- Elizabeth Bibesco: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Fanny Cradock: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas d'Urfey: Artist unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Wemyss Reid: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Aickman: R.B. Russell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized