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Old May 7th, 2011, 01:47 AM   #1

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Review of Gibbon: Gibbon didn't think much of miracles. They made him sarcastic.


Gibbon didn't think much of miracles.
They made him sarcastic.
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Subject matter being Edward Gibbon's
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
the two Chapters, Chapter 15 and Chapter 16,


"The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.".
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