3 June The literary calendar

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Born on this day 01

James John Garth Wilkinson1812 · London English Swedenborgian writer (1812-1899)

Thought for the day

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!

Reveal who said it

John Milton · On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three (1631)
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