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American sociologist Robert K. Merton.

Robert K. Merton

(1910 - 2003)

British author Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

(1689 - 1762)

American engineer Gordon E. Moore.

Gordon E. Moore

Lewis Mumford

(1895 - 1990)

Black and white photograph of Friedrich Nietzsche with a huge mustache.

Friedrich Nietzsche

(1844 - 1900)

Henry Noel-Fearn

(1811 - 1868)

Yamanoue no Okura

(c. 660 - c. 733)

English novelist, essayist, and critic George Orwell.

George Orwell

(1903 - 1950)

American columnist and editor John L. O’Sullivan.

John L. O’Sullivan

(1813 - 1895)

Portrait of English-American writer and polemicist Thomas Paine.

Thomas Paine

(1737 - 1809)

Depiction of Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato

(c. 427 BC - c. 347 BC)

Austro-German poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

Rainer Maria Rilke

(1875 - 1926)

American journalist William Safire.

William Safire

(1929 - 2009)

Depiction of Greek lyric poet Sappho.

Sappho

(c. 610 BC - c. 570 BC)

Black and white image of Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.

Seneca the Younger

(4 BC - 65)

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

Polish-born American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

(1903 - 1991)

Greek dramatist Sophocles.

Sophocles

(c. 496 BC - 406 BC)

Black and white photograph of American novelist John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck

(1902 - 1968)

Icelandic historian, poet, and statesman Snorri Sturluson.

Snorri Sturluson

(1179 - 1241)

American writer and editor Jennifer Szalai.

Jennifer Szalai

Photograph of American author Ben Tarnoff.

Ben Tarnoff

Portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville wearing a black suit and standing in front of a chair.

Alexis de Tocqueville

(1805 - 1859)

Black and white photograph of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

Leo Tolstoy

(1828 - 1910)