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2010-05-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by 2010-05-28 12:01|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Gibbon is a great historian but Athens (I think he was speaking of the Athens of Pericles) was only free in a relative sense (there were lots and lots of slaves). Also, with a few lucky breaks and some less screwball leadership, Athens would have fallen to Persia.

Posted by lord garth 2010-05-28 15:52|| 2010-05-28 15:52|| Front Page Top

#2 "He was a peculiar-looking man, in a big fur coat, reminding one irresistibly of a codfish."
--"Sapper" McNeile, Bulldog Drummond

Now, that's a quote!

Posted by Fred 2010-05-28 16:38|| 2010-05-28 16:38|| Front Page Top

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