<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I have no idea about the earliest usage, but it's a phrase often used by Quakers. <br><br>Jennifer Hurley<div>Hurley-Franks & Associates<br><div>267-971-4598</div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div><div><br>On Oct 19, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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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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