Jacobson, Percy - Post-War years diary 1948-1949

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Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

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1948-1949 (indexed as 1948–1949)

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Includes entry explaining reason for beginning a diary.

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Jacobson, Percy - Post-War years diary 1948-1949

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June 24th 1948I did not intend to keep a diary again.During thewar years I kept a record which may be of interest toa postwar atomic age if there are any survivors toread it.Carnegie suggests that the worrier should keep a diaryDale CarnegieMy daughter Edith gave me for Father s Day a book byDail Carnegie . It purports to tell you how to startliving by making an effort to stop worrying about everylittle and big thingx that happens to you, did happen toyou in the past or could happen to you in the future.I always have despised that sort of stuff .Now I am notso sure that I might not learn a thing or to from it.in which triumphs of the principles he advocates couldbe recorded . This I think is only an excuse for me tocontinue to practise writing by writing something everyday. It might also improve my spelling and punctiationboth of which are atrocious.Anyway here goes.My wife has had too many migraine headaches lately.I awoke this morning worrying that she might have anotherone to day because she had a bad night.Too late I wasaware that I had committed a fault. Carnegie suggeststhat the worrier pay his wife twenty five cents everytime he finds himself worrying about something he can donothing about. I gave a quarter and included two otherworries for the same amount.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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2026-10-18T19:26:56Z · source datestamp n/a · cjhn

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