Sublime

Abstract and Concrete.—[The

Genus and Species.—(Animal, Man.)

When he was thirty-two years old, Thomy Lafon was listed in the 1842 city directory as a merchant. His mother was born a free woman in Haiti and had arrived with other migrants post-revolution. Lafon grew wealthy through real estate. The Holy Family nursing home was the result of one of many of his charitable donations made in service of Black peop

Ch. Lavillaugouet has been in the business of assainissement, water drainage, since 1872, and I’m not the first person they’ve saved in Paris.

Whole and Part.—(Earth, Poles.)

Several months later, in December 1892, the valiant, independent-minded Abbé Frémont noted regretfully in his journal, “Hatred of the Republic and of Jews is today the sustenance of French clergy. Drumont is their preceptor. Above all, don’t tear this choice morsel out of their mouths: if you try, you will immediately be smeared with ink and blacke

St. Antoine, the patron saint of truffle growers,