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Roman scholars discussed his career intensely, accepting some aspects of the tradition about him but firmly rejecting others.
I find it interesting that the scholars of Roman antiquity were like historians of today, unafraid to call historical events legends or myths.
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“I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.”
― Make Good Art
― Make Good Art
“There is little point in teaching anything backwards. The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to go forwards.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
“Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
― Make Good Art
― Make Good Art
“In Boston one day, she had an unusual experience. While Papa and Auntie Hoyt waited out of sight somewhere, she had to go by herself into a large room in a department store and listen to someone dressed like Santa Claus read a Christmas story and "Twas the Night Before Christmas. This seemed odd to her for at Thanksgiving time, she was not ready for Santa Claus. In Cranbury they got through the turkeys and the pumpkins and the Pilgrims before they brought out the Santa Clauses. She was quite relieved when the whole occasion was over.”
― Ginger Pye
― Ginger Pye
“The busy 20th and 21st centuries have made Garfield's era seem remote and irrelevant, its leaders ridiculed for their very obscurity... to the generation of Americans then alive, though, their dramas, humanities, and dignity were a compelling part of daily life. For twenty years after the Civil War, America was led by a group of larger-than-life figures with clay feet who fought and raged and plied their craft with nerve and ambition while following a code of honor riddled with blind spots and inconsistencies; during that time, public involvement in politics reached levels far higher than today. Garfield held a special place: one of the most promising of his generation, shot down in his prime, martyred for taking a principled stand.”
― Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield
― Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield
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