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Word: illuc (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tacitus, Apuleius and Varro, such Renaissance scholars as Giovanni Boccaccio browsed and pilfered. Adalhard, Charlemagne's cousin, became a monk at Monte Cassino. So did Paul the Deacon, to whom Charlemagne wrote, in a letter, a phrase which epitomizes the abbey: Est nam certa quies fessis venientibus illuc-"For there is certain rest for the weary who come there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Star in the Darkness | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

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