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At 18, Ms. Vaill writes, Richard “may have started to resemble his uncle Alexander Hamilton” more than he did his father, a likeness that would also “express itself strikingly in Richard’s son.”

His gaze lingered—how could it not?—on his own likeness, that of the “late” Edward Ashton.

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The burly man whose likeness stared down at her would never be mistaken for Quinzy, at least at first glance.

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Affixed with a one-cent stamp bearing the likeness of Queen Victoria herself, a letter would reach its destination within hours of the time it was sent.

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“Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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