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    [The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

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It has been like that since the first day I got here. As soon as I got here he showed read more

It has been like that since the first day I got here. As soon as I got here he showed me around campus. We had a few classes together over the summer and we just connected.

by Aundrae Allison Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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I know the media end of things and not much about the business end. Leslie knows the business end but read more

I know the media end of things and not much about the business end. Leslie knows the business end but not much about the media.

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When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have read more

When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else, that I could not live without some real work.

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If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

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This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to read more

This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to get out of it as soon as possible.

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Worcester County has great potential for growing grapes. We're still trying to figure the absolute best grapes and we have read more

Worcester County has great potential for growing grapes. We're still trying to figure the absolute best grapes and we have experiments under way, but you can grow everything on the Eastern Shore and we're very encouraged by whites.

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I understand the power of this kind of an institution to improve the quality of life for people. I've worked read more

I understand the power of this kind of an institution to improve the quality of life for people. I've worked in nonprofit, humanities-oriented projects all of my life. For me personally, the opportunity to support people's ideas is critical.

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Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how read more

Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how a merchant can think there's too much traffic.

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There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund.

There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund.

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