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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20070604
Author:REBECCA ARMSTRONG

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, writes in her diary: "To write a diary, I have thought of very often at far & near distances of time: but how could I write a diary without throwing upon paper the thoughts of my heart as well as of my head? Adam made fig leaves necessary for the mind, as well as for the body. And such a mind as I have! So exacting & exclusive & eager& head long - & strong & so very very often wrong! But I will write: I must write - & the oftener wrong I know myself to be, the less wrong I shall be in one thing - the less vain I shall be!"

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