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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Record of an Obscure Man ... By Mary Lowell Putnam

Record of an Obscure Man ... By Mary Lowell Putnam:
" are see country they visit only what they expected to see and go away with precisely the same impressions they brought with them It must be that the greater part of readers go through books of travel in the same manner retaining only what fits in comfortably with old prejudices There is no other way of

are see country they visit only what they expected to see and go away with precisely the same impressions they brought with them It must be that the greater part of readers go through books of travel in the same manner retaining only what fits in comfortably with old prejudices There is no other way of

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Record of an Obscure Man ... By Mary Lowell Putnam

Record of an Obscure Man ... By Mary Lowell Putnam:
" The primitive poets have no artificial standard of dignity They have that simple self respect which makes a man feel that whatever really impresses or interests him is worthy to do so