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A. (Alphonse) Loisette • Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget
Genus and Species.—(Animal, Man.)
A. (Alphonse) Loisette • Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget
When he was thirty-two years old, Thomy Lafon was listed in the 1842 city directory as a merchant. His mother was born a free woman in Haiti and had arrived with other migrants post-revolution. Lafon grew wealthy through real estate. The Holy Family nursing home was the result of one of many of his charitable donations made in service of Black peop
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Ch. Lavillaugouet has been in the business of assainissement, water drainage, since 1872, and I’m not the first person they’ve saved in Paris.
David Lebovitz • L'Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home
The Einstein Theory of Relativity
Whole and Part.—(Earth, Poles.)
A. (Alphonse) Loisette • Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget
Several months later, in December 1892, the valiant, independent-minded Abbé Frémont noted regretfully in his journal, “Hatred of the Republic and of Jews is today the sustenance of French clergy. Drumont is their preceptor. Above all, don’t tear this choice morsel out of their mouths: if you try, you will immediately be smeared with ink and blacke
... See moreFrederick Brown • For the Soul of France
Linois is only reculing pour mew sauter, as he would say.