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Excerpt from The Legacy of Rome

Like all generalizations of the kind, this requires many qualifications before it can be made to fit the facts. It may be worth while to see how the case Stands in the departments of Literature, Religion, and Philosophy. Roman Law is in a category by itself.

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Excerpt from The Legacy of Rome

This book is an endeavour to trace in many fields the extent of the inheritance which the modern world owes to Ancient Rome. The chapters have been written independently, and it will be seen that they are not all on the same plan. Some writers have described the contribution of Rome to civilization, and have left it to the reader to infer the extent of the legacy: others have traced the steps by which the legacy has come to us, and to this subject Professor Foligno has devoted a valuable chapter.

The editor's thanks are due to all the contributors, especially to Mr. Asquith, who found time to write an Introduction to the volume. Also to Mr. Angus Davidson for his assistance in translating Professor Giovannoni's chapter, and to Professor R. S. Conway for the two photographs portrating the probable site of Virgil's farm.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.