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"Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard.
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!"
#OTD in 1898.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde was published by Leonard Smithers, under the name "C.3.3.", which stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol
Ballad of Reading Gaol at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301
"Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us."
#OTD in 1776.
Publication of Common Sense written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
It was published anonymously at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense
Common Sense @ PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3755
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