Word: exhilarationã
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...selection an odd one. When I discovered that this gate and plaque were erected in honor of the 25th anniversary of women’s living in Harvard Yard, I was especially perplexed. It is possible, nowadays, to interpret Bradstreet’s words as a sign of her exhilaration??€”her heart rising in joy at the discovery of her new country—but in fact, her words signify the exact opposite response. Bradstreet wrote these words a few years prior to her death in an autobiographical letter to her “dear children?...
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