{"id":2039,"date":"2024-12-08T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T13:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exponentialdecay.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2024-12-12T06:32:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T06:32:25","slug":"henry-james-middle-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exponentialdecay.co.uk\/blog\/henry-james-middle-years\/","title":{"rendered":"What we could do with a second life&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cleaning up some posts today for clarity or for improving their appearance in ActivityPub instances I didn&#8217;t want to lose this quote introduced to us at Archives New Zealand in a visit from Verne Harris back in 2017. 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