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Article: The wisdom of Jane Austen: an address delivered in Winchester Cathedral on Friday 10 October 2003.(AGM 2004: "homecoming")
- Article from:
- Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
- Author:
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"She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law" of kindness."
(Proverbs 31.26)
I HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF JASNA feel warmly welcome, here in Winchester, as I have always felt amongst you in North America. What better way could there be to discover the nature of American hospitality than by staying with a JASNA host? What quicker way could there he to discover the variety in American states and cities than by addressing, one week, the New Orleans chapter (sorry, Norlins chapter), still exhilarated and in party mood after Mardi Gras, and the following week, the New York chapter, always ready with the most probing of questions, amidst the ...