Vincent van Gogh's mother painted all of his best things. The famous mailed decapitated ear was a figment … - Roy Blount, Jr.

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Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Vincent van Gogh's mother painted all of his best things. The famous mailed decapitated ear was a figment of the public relations firm engaged by Van Gogh's dealer.

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