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| The
Tomb of François-Vincent
Raspail |
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| 'Within
the Realm
of a Dying
Sun' is
the most
thoroughly
gothic
album
by Dead
Can Dance,
from its
moody,
almost
funereal
music
to its
haunting
cover
art, featuring
a photograph
of the
tomb of
François-Vincent
Raspail
in the
Père-Lachaise
cemetery
of Paris.
Raspail
was a
scientist
and politician
during
the era
of Napoleon
III and
lived
from 1794
to 1878.
He was
a liberal
thinker
and a
reformist
who spent
time in
prison
and in
exile
during
the pre-Napoleonic
reign
of King
Louis-Philippe,
the last
King of
France.
Raspail's
influence
on the
science
of his
day was
considerable,
as he
advanced
the concept
of cellular
biology
and was
a proponent
of microscopy
and anticeptics. |
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