"The mind passes in an instant from east to west; and all the great incorporeal things resemble these very closely in speed."
About Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (1452) was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance — painter, scientist, engineer, mathematician, and writer.
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