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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 27
Creator
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Institution
Baldwin Public Library

Subject
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Subject
Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Subject
Birmingham (Mich.) History

Item Number
EC01b027

Relation
Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1860-1863

Type
text, image

Format
tiff

Description
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 […]

Martha Baldwin diary,page 27

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