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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1883
Page
3
The excerpt praises Maurice Thompson as a poet strong and true who loves wild thyme and honey-dew. It likens his work to a brown bee that works and sings with morning freshness, bearing the pollen-dust of centuries, capturing nature’s essence.
Gertrude von Brecks von Starch defies her three grandmothers to marry Everdell Tremlett, the fresco painter. After a covert New Year escape aided by Great-gran Pecky, Gertrude flees to join her lover, aided by a hidden key and a bonbon box gift, while the grandmothers arrange marriages elsewhere.
The article notes that large heads do not reliably indicate genius. Dr. Gilbert and then art trends suggest painted portraits exaggerate head size, while many famed figures such as Alexander the Great Julius Caesar Frederick the Great Byron Bacon and Cosmo de Medici show varying head shapes. Ancient thinkers typically have ordinary foreheads according to the piece.
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