“Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes lived long enough (1841-1935) to shake hands with both John Quincy Adams (b. 1767) and a young John F. Kennedy (d. 1963). One man, says Kottke, “spanning 200 years of American history.” — ‘Rasputin Was My Neighbor’ And Other True Tales Of Time Travel (via npr)

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