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Martha Baldwin diary,page 27

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Baldwin Public Library

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Birmingham (Mich.) History

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Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1860-1863

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Some sections of the original diary are illegible, and these are noted in the transcription. A bracketed question mark [?] represents one illegible word. Places where whole sentences (or considerable portions thereof) were found to be illegible are noted with a bracketed ellipsis […]. Whole paragraphs found to be illegible have been noted in the following manner: [P] Thus do thoughts and thinkers travel. How oft is that imprudent question asked “are other planets inhabited [”] As though of all the worlds in space, ours alone was a dwelling place for mortals that they are destitute of intelligence. All things move in curves. The thistle down, the leaf of autumn falls to the earth in curves. But the circle in which we swing, compared with the other bodies is a mere circumflex […]