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Policy intellectual

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June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 jonathanmorse
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Portrait with discus

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Edward S. Hart, “U.S.S. Nahant, the ship’s mascots,” about 1898. Detroit Publishing Company Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/2016806942/

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April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 jonathanmorse
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Why has not man a microscopic eye?

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But you don’t want to look up the next line from the Essay on Man.

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jonathanmorse
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Statesman

January 19, 2020 jonathanmorse
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He looks in the mirror and approvingly sings to his image, “Очи Чёрные”

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December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 jonathanmorse
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In the studio’s waiting room they read “The Last Days of Pompeii”

This is the chapter of their archaeology.

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This is their artifact. The event occurred at some time between February 1894 and February 1901. The woman’s name was apparently Emmons.

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This is they.

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December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 jonathanmorse
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Mere life is wonder enough

November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 jonathanmorse
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Mr. Chandoha, may I introduce Mr. Karsh and his sitter?

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 jonathanmorse
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Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy, “The Choreographer Lermontov”

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No, not the poet. This Lermontov.

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 jonathanmorse
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Portraits under increasing cloud

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May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 jonathanmorse
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