“If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought.”

Part II: Letters (1887 - 1901) TO MRS. LAURENCE HUTTON Wrentham, February 20, 1898.
The Story of My Life (1903)

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American author and political activist 1880–1968

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