8 November The literary calendar

On this day in English literature

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Born on this day 03

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton1831 · London British Viceroy of India, diplomat and author (1831–1891)
Arnold Bax1883 · Streatham English composer, poet, and author (1883–1953)
Richard Stoker1938 · Castleford British composer (1938–2021)

Thought for the day

[History] hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.

Reveal who said it

Walter Raleigh, on their own day · The History of the World (1614), Preface
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Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton: The original uploader was Ugen64 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Arnold Bax: Herbert Lambert (1881-1936), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Richard Stoker: Gill Stoker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Walter Raleigh: anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
John Milton: anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Rumer Godden: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Anno Birkin: Laurenticwave, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized