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Yet another brilliant reconstruction of a chain of whispers. I am awestricken.
– Peter Shor
Commented Oct 15, 2023 at 17:36
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@PeterShor It's not brilliance but diligence, or rather, using lots of search tools and getting lucky—for this answer I consulted Google Books, the Internet Archive, the British Newspaper Archive, Elephind, Google Scholar, and various library archive catalogs.
– Gareth Rees
Commented Oct 15, 2023 at 17:43
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Amazing answer 10/10 no notes. the Isadora Duncan mentioned is a pioneer of modern choreography.
– King-Ink
Commented Oct 15, 2023 at 21:59

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