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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions - A E Housman
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On this day:
Battle of Largs - 1263, Keir Hardie becomes 1st Labour MP - 1900, Royal Navy launches 1st submarine - 1901, First Game at Twickenham - 1909, Britain tests first Nuclear Bomb - 1952
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