Pinkerton looks absolutely terrifying. Would quite calmly and happily knife you in a dark alley.
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Pinkertonâs life is quite a marvel. The rise of his detective agency, his spy network, foiling the assassination of Lincoln. Unbridled madness, a full life all told.
He is the exact weegie whose pint you do not want to spill - sees punching people in much the same way the rest of us see breathing or eating, and has never encountered any Thing that doesnât annoy him or experienced any emotion that isnât angerâŚ
When he wasnât busy being angry he was busy being cunning.
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General Grant who led the northern troops was alcoholic.
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General Lee, who led the southern ones, was initially asked to take charge by both sides. He was from Virginia and said that heâd go with whichever side Virginia chose.
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Long after the war, he went on to became a 1970âs icon.
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Alf Tabb, 1883 - 1976, the original trick-cyclist, who for decades held assorted World records for distances ridden on the tiny cycles he built himself - by day he was a bike shop owner. He continued to perform, mostly for charity, into his early 90s, and now has a road in Kidderminster named after him.
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Marcel Breuer and his âharemâ (yes, less enlightened times) at Bauhaus.
Erich ConsemĂźller, c 1927
Weirdly all the women look like people I hung out with in the late 80s, who in turn were basically sporting the full 4AD look. I swear I briefly dated middle and right 
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Itâs as dead as a door nail now. 
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âSee, I found your old ID,
And youâre all dressed up like The Cureâ
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âSo Grant gets drunk, does he?â queried Lincoln, addressing himself to one of the particularly active detractors of the soldier.
âYes, he does, and I can prove it,â was the reply.
âWell,â returned Lincoln, with the faintest suspicion of a twinkle in his eyeâ"you neednât waste your time getting proof; you just find out, to oblige me, what brand of whiskey Grant drinks, because I want to send a barrel of it to each one of my generals.â
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âThe promise of growler.â 1921. The Acropolis. ThĂŠrèse Duncan, one of the âIsadorablesâ - (a group of six dancers and the adopted daughters of Isadora Duncan) - poses for Edward Steichen
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Fuck! Itâs grim darn sarf
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