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Date: 1765
"And in this I am warranted by the example of ancient Rome; where, as Cicero informs us, the very boys were obliged to learn the twelve tables by heart, as a carmen necessarium or indispensable lesson, to imprint on their tender minds an early knowledge of the laws and constitution of their count...
preview | full record— Blackstone, William (1723-1780)
Date: w. 1943, 1944
"The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only be reading old books."
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