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A view of old and new London: Across the Thames, in the trees on the right, is the Tower of London, where Ann Boleyn and Sir Thomas More (among others) were imprisoned and executed, and where, notoriously, the two famous little princes were murdered (by Richard III or, as I personally tend to suspect, by Henry VII). At\u00a0the center of the photograph is the iconic 30 St Mary Axe commercial skyscraper, commonly known as \u201cThe Gherkin.\u201d
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Men are wise\u00a0in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity<\/em> for experience. If we could learn from mere experience, the stones of London would be wiser than its wisest men.<\/p>\n

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