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“The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men.”

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Edith Hamilton, an American renowned classical literature author, was born on August 12, 1867, and passed away on May 31, 1963. Her works, which introduce classical literature in an accessible manner, have been well-received by readers. more

“When I read educational articles it often seems to me that this important side of the matter, the purely personal side, is not emphasized enough; the fact that it is so much more agreeable and interesting to be an educated person than not. The sheer pleasure of being educated does not seem to be stressed.”

Persons Doe Important Matter Enough Facts Seems Sides Pleasure Interesting Education Educational Educated Articles Sheer Stressed Educated Person

Author:Edith Hamilton

“In every civilization, life grows easier. Men grow lazier in consequence. We have a picture of what happened to the individual Greek. (I cannot look at history, or at any human action, except as I look at the individual.) The Greeks had good food, good witty talk, pleasant dinner parties; and they were content. When the individual man had reached that condition in Athens, when the thought not of giving to the state but of what the state could give to him, Athens' freedom was doomed.”

“To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.”

World Beautiful Spirit Gone Mark Greek Distinction Rejoice Delightful Greece Distinguished

Book:The Greek way ; The Roman way

Source: The Greek way ; The Roman way

“though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little, and the lesson-book we cannot graduate from is human experience.”

Humans Littles Book Lessons Human Life Life Changing Graduates Human Experience

Book:The Greek way ; The Roman way

Source: The Greek way ; The Roman way

“Christ must be rediscovered perpetually.”

Jesus Christ Jesus Christ

Author:Edith Hamilton

“A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought.”

Matter Light Language Creative Truth Is Symbols Fossils Creative Thought

Book:The Greek way ; The Roman way

Source: The Greek way ; The Roman way

“A people's literature is the great text-book for real knowledge of them.”

People Book Real Literature Real Knowledge

Book:The Roman Way to Western Civilization

Source: The Roman Way to Western Civilization

“sooner or later, if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Activity Function Cease Sooner Or Later

Book:The Greek Way

Source: The Greek Way

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