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Traces of Ourselves: The Remarkable Power of Touch
We all know the story of avaricious King Midas, who asked that everything he touched be turned to gold. Ovid recounts the myth in Book XI of his Metamorphoses, but perhaps the most compelling version is that from American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in his A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851): King Midas has a precious young daughter, aptly named Marygold.