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14 October (1854): Thomas De Quincey shares with his daughter Emily an elaborate (and apparently impromptu) theory of names and the power of naming, on the occasion of the birth of his granddaughter Eva. First of all, concerning what is just now first in importance, viz., dear little Eva. Glad I am that she has gotten herself a name, for really it is an awkward case, when giving the health at a dinner-party of a little lady, as one’s own sole representative in the next generation but one, the advanced vedette on the frontier of posterity, plainly to confess that she is anonymous, and also a Pagan, or at least that the Pagan question is for her still an open question. Any name therefore was beginning to be an advantage. As to the particular name chosen, it is to my feeling a very pretty one... Read the rest here: theamericanreader/14-october-1854-thomas-de-quincey-to-emily-de-quincey/
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:11:10 +0000

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