We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them — Donald Kagan
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them — Donald Kagan
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them — Donald Kagan
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them — Donald Kagan
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them — Donald Kagan
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We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics.

— Donald Kagan
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