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Excerpt from The Pageant of GreeceAnother part are the works themselves. Literature can only be judged by reading it, and certainly it cannot be characterized in a few pages. But a man ignorant of Greek and anxious to estimate its value might form some idea by inquiring the opinion of qualified judges. He would find them unanimous: I suppose it is true that no man of eminence qualified to speak has ever spoken of Greek literature in any tone b...

Excerpt from A Defence of Classical EducationTms. Book owes much to the constant help of my wife, and I should also like to express my gratitude for suggestions and criticism to Dr.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct th...

Excerpt from The Legacy of GreeceIN spite Of many difierences, no age has had closer affinities with Ancient Greece than our own, none has based its deeper life so largely on ideals which the Greeks brought into the world. History does not repeat itself. Yet, if the twentieth century searched through the past for its nearest spiritual kin, it is in the fifth and following centuries before Christ that they would be found. Again and again, as we...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

About the Book Books about the History of Ireland describe the settlement by the Celts, and successive invasions by Danish and Norwegian Vikings, and the English, and its subsequent struggle for independence. Titles include: A Brief History of Ireland, An economic history of Ireland, Ancient Irish Histories. A Historie of Ireland, Written in Yeare 1571, Ireland's fight for freedom, setting forth the high lights of Irish history, Outlines of th...

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Excerpt from The Pageant of Greece The same imprint, clear or faint, is on all our literary forms, except perhaps one. Epic, lyric, elegiac, dramatic, didactic, poetry, history, biography, rhetoric and oratory, the epigram, the essay, the sermon, the novel, letter writing and literary criticism are all Greek by origin, and in nearly every case their name betrays their source. Rome raises a doubtful claim to satire, but the substance of satire...

Excerpt from The Legacy of GreeceIN spite Of many difierences, no age has had closer affinities with Ancient Greece than our own, none has based its deeper life so largely on ideals which the Greeks brought into the world. History does not repeat itself. Yet, if the twentieth century searched through the past for its nearest spiritual kin, it is in the fifth and following centuries before Christ that they would be found. Again and again, as we...

Excerpt from A Defence of Classical Education Tms. Book owes much to the constant help of my wife, and I should also like to express my gratitude for suggestions and criticism to Dr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally recons...

The Life Application Bible Commentary: Acts" explores every verse in the book of Acts, providing background information and Life Application notes designed to bring the timeless truths of Scripture to bear on real problems. The introduction provides historical and cultural background information, the commentary covers the complete Bible text, and the reference feature makes particular verses and phrases easy to find. The teaching notes, sermon...