Word: disesteem
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Dates: during 1885-1885
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...such inseparable companions of the students of the two continents. Says this iconoclastic writer: "Professor Good win's letter in the Nation of January 29, on a misrepresentation of Plato's 'Republic' is of value, not only in showing up the immediate mistake, but in adding weight to the disesteem deserved in general by the translations in Bohn's library. So many persons unable to read the originals read these translations believing them to be faithful, at least to the author's meaning, that it is much to be desired that proof after proof should be given that this...