"Bayle is suggesting that any merely truthful account of mankind is liable to take on the appearance of a slander simply because the usual run of mankind is more likely to be ignoble than noble, and that the truth itself is therefore more than likely to take on the aspect of a calumny."
- Hayden White, Metahistory
from Startles (Volcano)
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Playing the changes. Dissonant ones. Bright and dull orange rust barrel,
fern shadows magnified in a pool of orange water. Circles inside of
circ...
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