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The Susruta-Samhita or Sahottara-Tantra (A Treatise on Ayurvedic Medicine) / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wikimedia...
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Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06 and 1910-12 “What is impractical can never be beautiful.” –...
A Bolivian donkey of the 1850s. From Herndon and Gibbon, Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon...
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The censorship board. George Creel is seated at far right. Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress An executive...
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Illustration of The Liberty Tree in Boston. From A History of Boston, the metropolis of Massachusetts, from...
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A detail from the frieze of the Treasury of the Siphians at Delphi depicting the Gods fighting...
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New DNA analysis reveals that, before their mysterious disappearance, the Norse colonies of Greenland had a “near...
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“Roosevelt’s and the other founders’ words and actions make clear that they envisioned Social Security to be...