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February 15, 2013 8:30 AM Subscribe
Please help me track down the source of a quote by Germaine de Staël
I am editing a text that references Madame de Staël commenting about nostalgia (and particularly perhaps in reference to childhood and melodies) that it is “the passion of memory” and “the most vexatious pain that can seize the soul.”
This is somewhat urgent. The author (who is 92, and French) is inaccessible. Staël's quote may have originally been in French and translated by the author.
I am editing a text that references Madame de Staël commenting about nostalgia (and particularly perhaps in reference to childhood and melodies) that it is “the passion of memory” and “the most vexatious pain that can seize the soul.”
This is somewhat urgent. The author (who is 92, and French) is inaccessible. Staël's quote may have originally been in French and translated by the author.
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posted by leibniz at 9:32 AM on February 15, 2013