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01Undated

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

Anna Jameson / quote

02Undated

The streams which would otherwise diverge to fertilize a thousand meadows must be directed into one deep narrow channel before they can turn a mill.

Anna Jameson / quote

03Undated

We can sometimes love what we do not understand but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love.

Anna Jameson / quote

04Undated

Work in some form or other is the appointed lot of all.

Anna Jameson / quote

05Undated

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Anna Jameson / quote