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The outer fabric is rich upholstery weight brocade in cielo blue, café au lait and espresso browns. (Can you tell that I am trying to cut down on coffee?) There is a bit of ecru as well. Elegant medallions, fleur de lis, and leafy scrolls.
The lining material is a map of the world drawn in ecru on milk chocolate brown.
It measures H 14 in x L 13½ in (36 cm x L 34 cm). The straps measure 26 in (66cm).
Multatuli is the pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887). After 18 years of civil service in the Dutch East Indies, he returned to Europe in 1856 a disillusioned man. The way the natives were treated by their own as well as by the Dutch rulers offended him so much that he resigned after a public conflict. In his novel Max Havelaar he recorded his experiences. The book was published in 1860 and made him an instant success. Encouraged by this public acclaim, he decided to pursue a career as a writer. He became a sort of national conscience, inspiring emancipatory movements such as freethinkers, socialists and anarchists. Multatuli's career as a writer lasted exactly as long as his career as an official: 18 years. Then, once more profoundly disillusioned, he decided to give up writing and took refuge in Germany, where he died in February 1887.
Anthony Comstock was a United States Postal Inspector who described himself as a "weeder in God's garden" in his fight to censor materials he thought were indecent and obscene, such as birth control information and medical anatomy textbooks, two of his many targets. In 1873, he formed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice (the "S.S.V." on the document held by the man in the middle of the three). Heston's point here is clear: the obscenity is in the eye of the beholder, not in the materials, and their suppression is a danger to freethinkers and freethinking everywhere.
Be like an eagle, spread your wings and soar high. Don't be afraid of taking risks cause they will reap you the best benefits. Go on, be a freethinker...be an Eagle!