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Born on this day 01

William Cartwright1611 · Northway English dramatist and clergyman

Thought for the day

A crime, which, though perhaps not considered by law as the highest, is in truth and in fact, the blackest sin, which can contaminate the hands, or pollute the soul of man.

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Henry Fielding · William Ernest Henley, ed., The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: Miscellaneous Writings (W. Heinemann, 1903), p. 162
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1998 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
2002 Abarat by Clive Barker
2002 The Last of the Sky Pirates by Paul Stewart

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William Cartwright: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
W. W. Jacobs: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Siegfried Sassoon: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Saunders Lewis: Y Drych, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized