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Wonderful image, Julian. Recalling Carolyn K¹s unanswerable question about
VN¹s cruelty,¹ I suppose it depends on whether you read Véra¹s views, ask
Dmitri, or hold a séance with VN¹s collection of spiked and dissected
butterflies. On balance, I side with those lepidopterists, like VN, whose
studies have helped understand and preserve butterflies. At the same time,
there¹s the disturbing paradox of the hunter¹s pride in catching the rarest
of the species, and thereby contributing to that rarity.
Stan Kelly-Bootle.
On 16/05/2010 15:35, "Julian Connolly" <jwc4w@VIRGINIA.EDU> wrote:
> Given all the discussion of the last lines of Pale Fire lately, I thought I'd
> send along a nice image of a Vanessa atalanta that landed on my doorstep on
> Friday.
>
> Best,
> JC
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VN¹s cruelty,¹ I suppose it depends on whether you read Véra¹s views, ask
Dmitri, or hold a séance with VN¹s collection of spiked and dissected
butterflies. On balance, I side with those lepidopterists, like VN, whose
studies have helped understand and preserve butterflies. At the same time,
there¹s the disturbing paradox of the hunter¹s pride in catching the rarest
of the species, and thereby contributing to that rarity.
Stan Kelly-Bootle.
On 16/05/2010 15:35, "Julian Connolly" <jwc4w@VIRGINIA.EDU> wrote:
> Given all the discussion of the last lines of Pale Fire lately, I thought I'd
> send along a nice image of a Vanessa atalanta that landed on my doorstep on
> Friday.
>
> Best,
> JC
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