To draw it to a fine point, as was done under the Empire… is to give the face of the wearer a factitious and evanescent expression, since the points cannot be kept stiff without the use of a cosmetic, easily detected and soon melted. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875
It is true that you cant prove a negative. However, the existence of God is provable in the same way a building is positive proof that there was a builder. – Ray Comfort
