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   Ross Clark to All   
   Anna Brownell Jameson born (17-5-1794)   
   21 May 24 11:29:42   
   
   From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   Anglo-Irish art historian.   
      
   Said things about language:   
   "....we are not sufficiently careful to habituate children to the   
   accurate use of words."   
      
   This is from her _Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories and Fancies_   
   (1855). The "commonplace book" is a totally forgotten genre -- or does   
   it perhaps survive without the name?   
      
   She also spent two years in Canada (1836-1838), and wrote _Winter   
   Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada)_, which sounds interesting.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Brownell_Jameson   
      
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