Word: gibbon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: This past week in a cours.e in English literature at the above college, the professor wishing to give an example of Edward Gibbon's (1737-1794) characteristic masterful writing in his 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" turned to TIME and read several selections. He compared the clear, concise statements in TIME with the writing of Gibbon, bringing out that the style which characterized Gibbon's writings may be found in the present pages of TIME. . . . ABRAHAM S. ROSEN...
Undergraduates who wish to write a dissertation in Greek may band in a translation of a part of Acton's "History of Freedom" into Attic Greek and for those writing in Latin a translation into that language of a portion of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is required. A prize of $50 for the best of each of these translations will be awarded. Holders of degrees must write an original essay in either Latin or Greek on any subject chosen by the competitor. The best essay will receive...
...attainment of a goal long in view, the consummation of an event devoutly wished for, is likely to assume the proportions of tragedy in the life of the individual. Gibbon sat down on a moonlight night after completing his labors of forty years on the Decline and Fall and philosophized on the vanity of human achievement. It is the feeling which comes to the athlete after the objective game, to the ordinary man after the last final examination, and to the Senior in the ultimate anti-climax,--Commencement Week. Viewed as ends in themselves such accomplishments may well...
TIME meant no harshness toward Reader Gibbon. TIME merely defended its policy of printing letters as received, misspellings...