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1 " Friday 22 June 1821 [Halifax]I owe a good deal to this journal. By unburdening my mind on paper I feel, as it were, in some degree to get rid of it; it seems made over to a friend that hears it patiently, keeps it faithfully, and by never forgetting anything, is always ready to compare the past & present and thus to cheer & edify the future. "
― Anne Lister , I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries, 1791-1840
2 " Am certainly attentive to her but cautiously, without any impropriety that could be laid hold of. Yet my manners are certainly peculiar, not all masculine but rather softly gentleman-like. I know how to please girls. "
3 " What a comfort is this journal. I tell myself to myself and throw the burden on my book and feel relieved. "
