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The archive
The notebook fills up in public. The newest pages first.
Oct 24, 2026
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Then a poor German professor turned up for two weeks and said nothing. Louisa May Alcott, 1869.
Oct 22, 2026
Tennyson, 1842. His kingdom is quiet, his son is ready, and he is already thinking of another voyage.
Oct 19, 2026
Elizabeth Gaskell, 1855. She meant the whole thing to look like arithmetic.