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Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name.
Alice Meynell
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"Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name."
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Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. — Alice Meynell

About Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell was a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1847–1922).

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Who said "Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where…"?
This quote is attributed to Alice Meynell, a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Alice Meynell lived from 1847 – 1922.
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