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Yesterday's ran a rather long piece called "How Do You Prove You're a Jew?", and while it may seem an unconventional topic for a manners column, I'd like to expound a bit upon it. Have no fear: even if you don't have the time or the inclination to read the original Gershom Gorenberg essay, I'm only using it as a jumping-off point for this column, and I promise not to allude to anything that would only be understood if you did read it.

In films depicting the Victorian era, there is invariably featured a Learned Gentleman character, who spends his time studying and documenting nature; hand-labelling his life's flora and fauna, and sticking insects to placards with long, thin pins. William Wagner was such a gentleman, and the Wagner Free Institute of Science is his collection...pinned bugs and alll.