13 September The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 02
Thought for the day
Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason.
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Remembered today
No writer in our collection died on 13 September.
Published on this day
- 2012 Dodger by Terry Pratchett
- 1904 The Gold Bat by P. G. Wodehouse
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