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@jalefkowit The guy considered the father of interlibrary loan, and who pushed hardest for the establishment of the Boston Public Library system, was a 19th century French dude who financed his philanthropy to libraries and museums with money he earned through...

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Ventriloquism.

Not the kind with a dummy, but basically modern voice acting. He'd perform plays where he did all the parts, imitating different voices and projecting them as needed.