A diary itself is a confidential form of expression, though it makes no outwardly direct claim to notice, and yet to record one's own thoughts and feelings in this manner is, after all, to make an assertion that one's life is worthy of documentation. ... She kept a day to day record of ideas and events, and, increasingly towards the end, recorded a retrospective view of her life. Much of her diary is a record of her interest in political and social issues and her extensive reading. ... I wonder whether, if I had had any education I should have been more, or less, of a fool than I a...

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• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate