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The Magistrate

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Fri Aug-21-09 02:08 PM
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37. The Reminder Of The Shift Of Meaning Attached To 'Genius', Sir, Is Helpful

Few people actually go back and read antique literature, after all, so social meanings are easily lost with time. Even though the words may be the same, things written in different times often conveyed very different meanings when written than a reader now will take from them.

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