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Olive Schreiner: How hard it...

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How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper.

Source: Lyndall, in The Story of an African Farm, pt. 2, ch. 4, 1883.
-- Olive Schreiner, (Mar 24 1855-1920), South African novelist, feminist; She produced the first great South African novel, The Story of an African Farm, 1883; noted for her powerful intellect, and liberal feminist views.


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