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Old 05-30-2008, 06:34 PM   #11
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I'm not sure he ever read them, they were actually his fathers, my great-grandfather's. They don't carry any signs of significant use.
Truly, though you're probably not a certified Classics expert (neither am I by any stretch) I think you're being self-deprecating as usual.
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My mother owns the whole stinkin' set and, apart from some poetry, I don't think she ever cracked the books open. I think she bought them becasue they looked good on the shelf.
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I think you're being self-deprecating as usual.
Not this time. I have a decent grasp of the history of that era and I've read a good chunk of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War but that's about it.
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