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Very interesting. It's curious that he, as a geneticist, plays down the role of inheritance in his own obvious intelligence - his father was a Nobel prize winner but never acknowledged him as his son.
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At first I thought it was a scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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Maybe they can put these to good use?
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The full poem. I love the last two lines:

But stars from night their lustre borrow,
And hearts are closer twined by sorrow.
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Seems a little churlish for Hopper to have denied the influence of Lewis, as he apparently did.
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A name so long she needed two vans to carry it.
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Wouldn't mind finding one of these down the back of the sofa. What would be the purity of the gold?
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He needs the Titian treatment. I trust he has a suitable shirt.
Painting of a bearded man with a quilted sleeve.
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Definite resemblance. Does he bring his lamb to work?
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He looks even younger here. And possibly less smug.
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Very perceptive - it was used by the Empire Marketing Board to show the growing of flax in Northern Island, as part of the linen industry.
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What a beautiful, enigmatic image. My first impulse is to ask what we're looking at, but then I decide to delight in the mystery.
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Given their geographic range, (this photo could have been taken here in the Pacific Northwest), picking a likely spot and waiting patiently is obviously a successful hunting strategy.
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Stunning composition. I love how the eye is tricked into seeing the dark diagonal under the tree as shadow, when in reality it's a fringe of trees.
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Fantastic research, thank you for sharing your findings.
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Pugh! Pugh! Barney McGrew! Cuthbert! Dibble! Grubb!
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Another achingly beautiful self-portrait, from the Rijksmuseum.