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| attributed to Altobelli & Molin Ruins of the Colosseum, Rome ca. 1865-75 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| attributed to Altobelli & Molin Ruins of the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum ca. 1857-75 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Seth Compton
When I died, the circulating library
Which I built up for Spoon River,
And managed for the good of inquiring minds,
Was sold at auction on the public square,
As if to destroy the last vestige
Of my memory and influence.
For those of you who could not see the virtue
Of knowing Volney's "Ruins" as well as Butler's "Analogy"
And "Faust" as well as "Evangeline,"
Were really the power in the village,
And often you asked me,
"What is the use of knowing the evil in the world?"
I am out of your way now, Spoon River,
Choose your own good and call it good.
For I could never make you see
That no one knows what is good
Who knows not what is evil;
And no one knows what is true
Who knows not what is false.
– Edgar Lee Masters (1915)
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| Sophus Williams Ancient statue called Diana of Versailles, now at the Louvre 1882 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Sophus Williams German copy of ancient statue group called The Farnese Bull, now in Naples 1877 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Stephen Thompson Head of Apollo ca. 1850-80 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Stephen Thompson Bust of Homer in the British Museum ca. 1850-80 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| attributed to Stephen Thompson Statue of Venus in the British Museum ca. 1860-70 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| attributed to W.A. Mansell Statue of Venus ca. 1850-80 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Warren W. Vernon Temple of Vesta, Rome ca. 1860-70 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giacomo Brogi Arch of Constantine, Rome ca. 1856-81 albumen silver print National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| Adolphe Braun Bust of Pericles in the Vatican Museum, Rome ca. 1880-1900 carbon print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Anonymous Dutch photographer Bronze head of Satyr, National Museum, Athens ca. 1895-1915 collotype Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Anonymous photographer Copy of the Venus de Milo ca. 1870-90 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Anonymous French photographer Venus de Milo in the Louvre ca. 1870-90 albumen print Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |