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Re:Josiah Wedgwood by scarejunba on Sunday February 03, 2019 @03:34PM (#19072010)
Haha right but it’s interesting that Charles Darwin was the grandson. It isn’t interesting that they didn’t mention it. Sorry for perpetuating meta discussion.
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Re:Josiah Wedgwood by pseudoanonymity on Sunday February 03, 2019 @04:38PM (#19072398)
I'd argue that it is an interesting element to the story. To add a little hyperbole, the wealth cascaded down two generations and helped enable a lifetime of serious scientific work that fundamentally changed the world.
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Re:Josiah Wedgwood by scarejunba on Sunday February 03, 2019 @04:42PM (#19072414)
Fair enough. Consider me convinced.
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