One day I really should dig up my great great great great grandfather’s[^1] diaries to see first hand how he justified bringing back so much stuff to the UK.
[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Richard_Hamilton
You know that they exist, you know where they are, and you’ve never read or digitized them? Or was that sarcasm?
“To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.”