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8. (1860) Elements of Mythology, or, Classical Fables of the Greeks and the Romans

Each spot had a local genius — one of the place. […] To drink of Lethe made one forget all that was past. […] Castor and Pollux are constellations, one never appears with the other, but when one rises the other sets. […] A sparkling jewel is hung on each one of his ears. […] The number of these heads in one collection amounted to one hundred and thirty-six thousand.

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