Sublime

He became a piece of very high-end, pricey human software with the nose of a bloodhound. There’s a now-famous story of him checking into a Vancouver hotel room that happened to be equipped with binoculars and had a view of a CN rail yard. Harrison spied a locomotive—number 5867—sitting idle. A half hour later, it was still there. He made a call and

Hobson’s choice.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Travis Jones

Did he model himself on Thompson? No, Harrison said. But he did model his approach on Thompson’s principles.

Howard Scott Warshaw

Text Copyright 2015 Alex Harris All right reserved. Published in 2015

He held center stage through the 1850s; he had overshadowed them all—Silliman, Dana, Henry, Hall, Gray. The voice of Charles Darwin was still to be heard.

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