13 August The literary calendar
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So for the mother’s sake the child was dear, And dearer was the mother for the child.
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- Ridgwell Cullum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Peter Carter: Rodw, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Heidi Thomas: Digsa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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- H. G. Wells: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized