“To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit, which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.”

Source: The Greek Way (1930), Ch. 1

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American teacher and writer 1867–1963

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