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Page 36
... mind in this intro- duction . He makes four claims which are in sharp and purposed contrast with the methods of Herod- otus . He has a theme of greater importance ; a sounder method , he seeks the truth ; a nobler aim , not a momentary ...
... mind in this intro- duction . He makes four claims which are in sharp and purposed contrast with the methods of Herod- otus . He has a theme of greater importance ; a sounder method , he seeks the truth ; a nobler aim , not a momentary ...
Page 45
... mind like that of Thucydides , the mind of a general and a statesman . He expected to be and was a part of it ; it was a war in which the de- tails could be grasped ; the contemporary reality was attractive THUCYDIDES 45.
... mind like that of Thucydides , the mind of a general and a statesman . He expected to be and was a part of it ; it was a war in which the de- tails could be grasped ; the contemporary reality was attractive THUCYDIDES 45.
Page 168
... mind of any Roman interested in poetry — exactly how Ver- gil would have expressed them to himself , into what finer form these lines of possibility in his art would grow in his mind , none of us will dare to say ; it is enough for us ...
... mind of any Roman interested in poetry — exactly how Ver- gil would have expressed them to himself , into what finer form these lines of possibility in his art would grow in his mind , none of us will dare to say ; it is enough for us ...
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