Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
Mine Rescue, by Fletcher Martin, 1939. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
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Kings of England extorted money from their subjects in taxes concealed as gifts—a practice first used in 1473 by Edward IV. These were known as benevolences.
Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
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