' in the snow globe
in the small cloth of my father
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In 1681, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek became the first person to see the giardia parasite, by looking in his own stool. His work in microscopy revolutionized the way we see the world (cue "A Whole New World").

Portrait by Jan Verkolje, 1680s. From Rijksmuseum, Wellcome Collection.

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Demons have faith, but they tremble.
-Fyodor Dostoevsky,
The Possessed
written c. January 1872
/A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects
1681,
Rachel Ruysch

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Justus Sustermans, 1597–1681, Flemish painter, Salome, Oil on canvas, 1680

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