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... says , forget that Thucydides was writing history , not autobiography . It would seem that Thucydides was bound to ... say a word in explanation or 32 MARTIN CLASSICAL LECTURES.
... says , forget that Thucydides was writing history , not autobiography . It would seem that Thucydides was bound to ... say a word in explanation or 32 MARTIN CLASSICAL LECTURES.
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... say that he best knew the art of telling things as they really happened ? I sup- pose Thucydides . " No man was more tireless in this search for truth , nor more single - hearted in his devo- tion to it when found . He says : " I lived ...
... say that he best knew the art of telling things as they really happened ? I sup- pose Thucydides . " No man was more tireless in this search for truth , nor more single - hearted in his devo- tion to it when found . He says : " I lived ...
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... says Aeneas : ' this was not the promise given by my son , ' says Evander . In the face of such a brief what would have been our own impulse to think , and perhaps say ? In Aeneas's place should we not have said , ' I could not help it ...
... says Aeneas : ' this was not the promise given by my son , ' says Evander . In the face of such a brief what would have been our own impulse to think , and perhaps say ? In Aeneas's place should we not have said , ' I could not help it ...
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