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... Greece and Rome , down through the dark ages to the dawn of modern civilization . It also embraces the his- tory of the leading nations of modern Europe , and of the United States of America . Wisdom is the great end of history . It is ...
... Greece and Rome , down through the dark ages to the dawn of modern civilization . It also embraces the his- tory of the leading nations of modern Europe , and of the United States of America . Wisdom is the great end of history . It is ...
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... Greece , was clas- sified into certain castes or hereditary professions , of which the number is represented differently by different authors . The priests stand clearly marked out as the order richest , most powerful , and most ...
... Greece , was clas- sified into certain castes or hereditary professions , of which the number is represented differently by different authors . The priests stand clearly marked out as the order richest , most powerful , and most ...
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... Greece , used to visit Egypt in order to acquire , by intercourse with the Egyptian intellectual caste , some of that precious knowledge of which they were believed to be the depositaries . Although the Egyptian civilization is known to ...
... Greece , used to visit Egypt in order to acquire , by intercourse with the Egyptian intellectual caste , some of that precious knowledge of which they were believed to be the depositaries . Although the Egyptian civilization is known to ...
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... Greece and western Eu rope , where the will of the individual citizen was so much more energetic . ' In the latter countries only such public works were attempted as were with- in the limits of moderate taste . Nineveh is said to have ...
... Greece and western Eu rope , where the will of the individual citizen was so much more energetic . ' In the latter countries only such public works were attempted as were with- in the limits of moderate taste . Nineveh is said to have ...
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... Greece , chiefly gathered into cities . These Greeks of Asia Minor were of three races the Eolic Greeks in the north , and the Ionian and Dorian Greeks in the south ; and perhaps the earliest manifestations of Greek genius , political ...
... Greece , chiefly gathered into cities . These Greeks of Asia Minor were of three races the Eolic Greeks in the north , and the Ionian and Dorian Greeks in the south ; and perhaps the earliest manifestations of Greek genius , political ...
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