We find a particularly touching example of an attempt to incorporate the shadow in the story of Marie Antoinette. The queen was bored with life in the most ostentatious palace in the world. One day she decided she wanted to touch something of the earth and ordered barns built on the palace grounds where she would keep some cows. She would be a milkmaid! The best architects of France were employed, the stables were built (they can still be seen at Versailles, where they are treasured for their beauty), and fine milk cows were imported from Switzerland. On the day when everything was ready, the
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