Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946) British rabbi
Additional notes to Genesis (p. 193)
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs (one-volume edition, 1937, ISBN 0-900689-21-8
“The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture for wild beasts to fight in.”
— Voltaire
Les anciens Romains élevaient des prodiges d'architecture pour faire combattre des bêtes.
Letter addressed to "un premier commis" [name unknown] (20 June 1733), from Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire: Correspondance [Garnier frères, Paris, 1880], vol. I, letter # 343 (p. 354)
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