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of that terrible face is not inthe least the same as that of the deeply absorbed Persica. Itinspires something akin to terror. We are accustomed to theweakness and pliability of the feminine, a tradition perhapsnot wholly deserved. The voice of woman somehow jarsstrongly in the imperative mood. But… … C 124, The Persian Sibyl. Ceiling, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome.Michelangelo, 1475-1564.
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