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...ANCIENT TEXTS were, literally, Greek to Stone. He taught himself the language and read them in the original, bringing to them the enthusisam of the muckraker and the autodidact. He loves the material, and his sense of excitement is contagious. Publication of the book is justfied if only to have a man with Stone's impeccable "progressive" credentials on record as a lover of the much-maligned great books. It can only help to have a writer with Stone's verve bring the ancient texts and characters to life and demonstrate how the classic writers of Athens speak...
What might have happened here--what Sagan had undoubtedly hoped for--does not. No tone reflecting the enthusisam of one passionately interested in scientific inquiry permeates these pages. On the rare occasion when such spirit does break forth, the writing is enchanting...
Encouraged by the enthusisam which greeted its football dance on the fifth of November, last fall, the Union is planning a series of three more to be held during the winter and spring. The first of these dances will be held on the occasion of the Princeton Triangle Club Performance at Jordan Hall on the night of Friday, February 18th, and will commence at 11 P. M. Special invitations have been issued to members of the Triangle Club, and the dance will be open to all members of the University at a charge of two dollars per person, which will...
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