"If every man knew himself thoroughly, he would have no need of no other knowledge of mankind, for history, which sounds so grand, is only an exceedingly imperfect account of the lives of men precisely like ourselves; and whether they wore crowns or tarpaulins, the particulars of their lives are materials for philosophy. The life of any milliner in Broadway is as good material for history as the live of Queen Anne."
----Edgar Allen Poe. The Broadway Journal, March 1, 1845
Sunday, May 12, 2013
From John Tyrell's "Reading New York"
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