#OnThisDay in 1830, Christina Rossetti, the pre-Raphaelite poet who penned "Goblin Market" and "Remember," was born. 🕯️

"Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad."

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#OnThisDay in 1951, Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist and historian, was born. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"The history of the world is but the biography of great men."

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#OnThisDay in 1857, Joseph Conrad, author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, was born. 🚢

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

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#OnThisDay in 1895, Rainer Maria Rilke, influential Austrian poet, was born.

"Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final."

His work explored themes of love, solitude, and finding meaning.

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