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...each chapter, as in Mathematics for the Million, Hogben attaches quizzes for the conscientious reader, who is expected to find English equivalents for endless lists of Latin and Greek words and phrases and to translate from a 1,000-year-old English Gospel ("He dysegath, hwa maeg sinna forgifan buton God ana?"*)-all without any answers from Hogben...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Passport to Languages | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

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