The Marginalian
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Nick Cave on the Art of Growing Older
Nick Cave on the Art of Growing Older

“We’re often led to believe that getting older is in itself somehow a betrayal of our idealistic younger self, but sometimes I think it might be the other way around.”

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Seneca on Science, Nature, and the Key to a Fulfilled Human Destiny
Seneca on Science, Nature, and the Key to a Fulfilled Human Destiny

“The mind enjoys the complete and perfect benefit of its human destiny only when… entering the secret heart of nature.”

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Dinosaurs of the Sky: Consummate 19th-Century Scottish Natural History Illustrations of Birds
Dinosaurs of the Sky: Consummate 19th-Century Scottish Natural History Illustrations of Birds

From pigeons to parakeets, an uncommonly beautiful celebration of biodiversity.

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In Search of the Sacred: Pico Iyer on Our Models of Paradise
In Search of the Sacred: Pico Iyer on Our Models of Paradise

“The thought that we must die… is the reason we must live well.”

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