08-07-2001, 05:59 PM
I truely suspect that a hundred years from now some people will still know who Gibbon was while practically everyone will not of heard of "Sam who?"<br>
I also disagree that other writers of Gibbon's period are equivalent in elequence but will acknowledge it was typical of his period to try to be. Besides eloquence he was also deep, as the passage I proposed shows. And that is hard to beat. I think certain authors should be read not necessarily because they are true or up-to-date but they are inspiring, reminding us of how far or how small a distance we have gone since then. Any way you can find Gibbon un-abridged for very little in used book markets. ciao for now <p></p><i></i>
I also disagree that other writers of Gibbon's period are equivalent in elequence but will acknowledge it was typical of his period to try to be. Besides eloquence he was also deep, as the passage I proposed shows. And that is hard to beat. I think certain authors should be read not necessarily because they are true or up-to-date but they are inspiring, reminding us of how far or how small a distance we have gone since then. Any way you can find Gibbon un-abridged for very little in used book markets. ciao for now <p></p><i></i>
Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
