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...February 6 issue of TIME contains a letter from a student at Tufts College stating that a professor in a literature class had compared the style of certain articles in TIME to that of Gibbon...
...matter of fact, the professor compared the style of the articles in question not to that of Gibbon, but to that of Carlyle in parts of his "French Revolution...
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...