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'Lolita' Author Nabokov Was Right About Butterflies

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Writer Vladimir Nabokov said that, were it not for the Russian Revolution in 1917, he would have pursued butterflies as a career. (Photo by Horst Tappe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Writer Vladimir Nabokov said that, were it not for the Russian Revolution in 1917, he would have pursued butterflies as a career. (Photo by Horst Tappe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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