5 September The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
The pleasures of self-approbation, together with the right cultivation of all our pleasures, require individual independence. Without independence men cannot become either wise, or useful, or happy.
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Published on this day
- 2017 A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré
- 1996 Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell
- 2006 Sons of Destiny by Darren O'Shaughnessy
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