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Excerpt from Norwich and the Broads
The Friends, as represented by the Gurney family the most widely known member of which was the philanthropist Mrs. Fry - and the Unitarians, as re presented by the Martineaus. Harriet and James Martineau were both born and educated here; James was a contemporary of George Borrow at the Grammar School, and had to serve as horse when Borrow was flogged for a boyish escapade - a fact which the author resented so deeply, that when grown to man hood he refused to attend a party at which Dr. Martineau was to be present Then, too, if we are recalling the things which make Norwich a centre of fascination, there must be mention made, though necessarily of the briefest, of the artists who form the Norwich School-the Cromes, father and son, the Cotmans, father and sons; and of the fact that Norwich has always been associated with literature, from Sir Thomas Browne to George Borrow, from Mrs. Opie to Mrs. Mary E. Mann. At all the varied interests suggested by these names it is not possible even to glance in so brief a gossip about Norwich as this; but such a summary will at least indicate something of the range of interests which may be opened up by the sojourner in Norwich, which may well combine to make the inhabitants feel proud of the fact that they belong to no mean city.
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