<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">If Google Scholar is any indication, the usage, at least in print, seems fairly recent:</div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Holding+space&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CHolding%20space%3B%2Cc0">https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Holding+space&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CHolding%20space%3B%2Cc0</a></span><br><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Jennifer Hurley</span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Hurley-Franks & Associates<br><div>267-971-4598</div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>On Oct 20, 2014, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Mezick <<a href="mailto:dan@newtechusa.net">dan@newtechusa.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div>
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This is extremely helpful, Jennifer! Thank you<br>
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<div>I have no idea about the earliest usage, but it's a phrase
often used by Quakers. <br>
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On Oct 19, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>
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Since July 2011, I continue to wander, searching for the
earliest known reference to the term "holding the space."
Anybody know?<br>
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