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... historian as on the fact that he wrote a readable history . In the realm of letters Mommsen was certainly one of the six most spacious intellects of the last century . A German friend of mine once said to him ( it was in- tended as a ...
... historian as on the fact that he wrote a readable history . In the realm of letters Mommsen was certainly one of the six most spacious intellects of the last century . A German friend of mine once said to him ( it was in- tended as a ...
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... historians and which is now relegated to the historical novelist . About one fifth of the text is taken up with speeches ... historian within the limits of what he thought was appropriate to the occasion . How is this practice of making ...
... historians and which is now relegated to the historical novelist . About one fifth of the text is taken up with speeches ... historian within the limits of what he thought was appropriate to the occasion . How is this practice of making ...
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... historian would you 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 ...
... historian would you 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 ...
Contents
THUCYDIDES | 31 |
SOPHOCLES | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
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| Title | Martin Classical Lectures, Volume 1; Volume 1930 Martin classical lectures |
| Contributor | Louis Eleazer Lord |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 1931 |
| Length | 181 pages |
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