Grand Duke of Tuscany

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    The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars, it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.
    Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

    That celebrated,
    Cultivated
    Underrated
    Nobleman,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    Neither the Ages of Faith nor the Age of Doubt had touched him; he was Phaethon in Tuscany driving a cab.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)