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October 24, 2011
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(Source: stoney-end)

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October 24, 2011
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"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different."

— T.S. Eliot, from a 1922 essay (via takingfrenchleave)

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October 24, 2011
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maudelynn: Photo by Charles Berg, c.1901

maudelynn:

Photo by Charles Berg, c.1901

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October 24, 2011
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mnemotherapy: Weiblicher Akt, Dr. Felix Muhr, 1907

mnemotherapy:

Weiblicher Akt, Dr. Felix Muhr, 1907

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October 24, 2011
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branchandblaze: Fox Talbot, Melancholy Gentleman, Photogenic drawing, 1838

branchandblaze:

Fox Talbot, Melancholy Gentleman, Photogenic drawing, 1838

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October 24, 2011
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(Source: my-little-time-machine)

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October 24, 2011
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(Source: lookleftandlie)

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October 24, 2011
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biomedicalephemera: Bones and Muscles of the Head of the Raven The Myology of the Raven, a Guide to the Study of the Muscular System in Birds. R. W. Shufeldt, 1890.

biomedicalephemera:

Bones and Muscles of the Head of the Raven

The Myology of the Raven, a Guide to the Study of the Muscular System in Birds. R. W. Shufeldt, 1890.

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October 24, 2011
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sutured-infection: Edmond Fournier, from Stigmates dystrophiques de l’heredo-syphilis, 1898

sutured-infection:

Edmond Fournier, from Stigmates dystrophiques de l’heredo-syphilis, 1898

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October 24, 2011
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jaded-mandarin: John Calcott Horsley, A Portrait Group of Queen Victoria and Her Children (c.1861).Forbes Magazine Collection, New York.

jaded-mandarin:

John Calcott Horsley, A Portrait Group of Queen Victoria and Her Children (c.1861).
Forbes Magazine Collection, New York.

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