Excerpt from Introduction to Classical Latin Literature The various types of civilized European man, which even in their Older homes are steadily assimilating and approaching each other, are upon our own continent, and especially in our own land, swiftly fusing into one. It is peculiarly important for the American, therefore, to study the various currents that meet in ourselves. Teuton, Norman and Kelt, Slav, Latin and Greek, are all in vary ing degree our ancestors. Moreover, it is doubly interest ing gradually to realize ...
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Excerpt from Introduction to Classical Latin Literature The various types of civilized European man, which even in their Older homes are steadily assimilating and approaching each other, are upon our own continent, and especially in our own land, swiftly fusing into one. It is peculiarly important for the American, therefore, to study the various currents that meet in ourselves. Teuton, Norman and Kelt, Slav, Latin and Greek, are all in vary ing degree our ancestors. Moreover, it is doubly interest ing gradually to realize that most Of these races have already had, for at least two thousand years, a common, unified, and unbroken history. All play a part in the large story of European life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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