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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
A Sacred Thing
Friedrich August Wolf (1759-1824), Prolegomena to Homer, Chapter XXVII (tr. Anthony Grafton):
...I deem
historical truth a sacred thing even in the most trivial matters...
...quippe qui vel in minimis historicam veritatem sacram rem habere soleam...