obviouslyjohn: Should I grow my beard longer or shave it off? TUMBLR DECIDES.  On 9 May 1911, Lytton Strachey would write to his mother: “The chief news is that I have grown a beard! Its color is very much admired, and it is generally considered extremely effective, though some ill-bred persons have been observed to laugh. It is a red-brown of the most approved tint, and makes me look like a French decadent poet—or something equally distinguished.”

obviouslyjohn:

Should I grow my beard longer or shave it off? 
TUMBLR DECIDES. 

On 9 May 1911, Lytton Strachey would write to his mother:

“The chief news is that I have grown a beard! Its color is very much admired, and it is generally considered extremely effective, though some ill-bred persons have been observed to laugh. It is a red-brown of the most approved tint, and makes me look like a French decadent poet—or something equally distinguished.”