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It's funny to see such a large library in the USA and not the UK.
by Oarch 2y ago
It's funny to see such a large library in the USA and not the UK.
- c5karl 2y agoAnything is possible if you have a Standard Oil fortune and your collecting obsession starts early in life.
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- yzydserd 2y agoIndeed. As the Greeks might feel seeing the Parthenon marbles in the British museum. Or the Benin bronzes. Asante gold. The Rapa Nui Moai. The list goes on. Priceless national treasures in the treasure of another nation.
- cvoss 2y agoI'm not sure the comparison is apt. The Brits who comprised America at the start did not forfeit their English heritage in 1776 or at any other time. Modern Americans share Shakespeare as a direct and pivotal cultural ancestor just as modern Brits do. The connection was never lost.