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Thought for the day
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
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Published on this day
- 1992 Final Exit by Derek Humphry
- 1896 In the Abyss by H. G. Wells
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- Rose Macaulay: Jburlinson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bill Lewis: AnnFran Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Shebbeare: Bromley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Elizabeth Inchbald: Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Israel Zangwill: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Hope Mirrlees: Lady Ottoline Morrell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized