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[bell ringing] this is the countryside seen 500 years ago by a child who was destined to become one of the unique figures in the history of western civilization. What he began to learn in this italian countryside outside vinci was to know how to see. His genius gave him the ability to see clearly what others could only see mistily transforming his life and influencing ours as well. As painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist, he searched the whole nature of creation, always beginning with what he could see. Leonardo da vinci was the natural son of piero da vinci and a handsome peasant girl named caterina. Leonardos character as a man suggests that he had a happy childhood. Throughout his life, he was sensitive, generous, and gentle. The story is told of him buying up Little Songbirds in the marketplace of florence so that he could free them from their cages. He was a vegetarian because the slaughter of animals disgusted him. Once passing a butcher shop hung with carcasses,

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