12 February The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
Earth, the mother of all, Moves on her stedfast way, Gathering, flinging, sowing. Mortals, we live in her day, She in her children is growing.
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- Charles Lloyd: E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Meredith: George Frederic Watts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Maurice Browne: Wayne Albee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Olive Custance: Atelier G.C. Beresford, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Christopher Caudwell: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Simon Mawer: Juan de Vojníkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized