Thucydides, Vol. 2 of 2
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Excerpt from Thucydides, Vol. 2 of 2: Translated Into English With Introduction, Marginal Analysis, Notes and Indices; To Which Are Added an Essay on Contemporary Inscriptions and Other Brief Dissertations ´What are they all (the Roman Historians) to the great Athenian? I do assure you that there is no prose composition in the world, not even the De Corona, which I place so high as the seventh book of Thucydides. It is the ne plus ultra of human art. I was delighted to find in Gray´s letters the other day this query to Wharton: "The retreat from Syracuse - Is it or is it not the finest thing you ever read in your life?"´ - Life of Lord Macaulay, vol. i. p. 449. ´Most people read all the Greek that they ever read before they are five and twenty... Accordingly, almost all their ideas of Greek literature are ideas formed while they were still very young. A young man, whatever his genius may be, is no judge of such a writer as Thucydides. I had no high opinion of him ten years ago. I have now been reading him with a mind accustomed to historical researches, and to political affairs; and I am astonished at my own former blindness, and at his greatness.´ Vol. i. p. 440. Appendix, p. 475. - ´This day I finished Thucydides, after reading him with inexpressible interest and admiration. He is the greatest historian that ever lived. Feb. 27, 1835.´ ´I am still of the same mind. May 30, 1836.´ ´While I was reading the Annals I was reading Thucydides... What made the Annals appear cold and poor to me was the intense interest which Thucydides inspired. Indeed, what colouring is there which would not look tame when placed side by side with the magnificent light, and the terrible shade, of Thucydides? Tacitus was a great man, but he was not up to the Sicilian expedition.´ Vol. i. p. 458. 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 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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