"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.---------
Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Punishment for cutting off colt's ears with a jack-knife
In 1873 a man in Dunleith, Illinois, was fined $5 and court costs for that act. Now, a dermatologist who takes off 2/3rds of a man's ear gets paid $7500.
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