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From: gtaylor@cornell.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Destruction of the Alexandrian Library
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Date: Mon, 23-Apr-84 10:45:47 EST
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The problem here is that famous local Dr. Sagan draws much
of his research from good old Gibbon. I don't know the gentleperson
from here at Cornell who originally posted the article, but I suspect
that he found out about the history he quotes the same way I did.
When you're in a place like this, you can be suitably dazzled by
a bit of scholarly eloquence, and then call up your friend who's a
specialist in Egyptian history and then spend some time rooting in
the stacks. Takes the polish right off that stuff....


G(If it out-Herods Herod, pray you avoid it.)regory Taylor
gtaylor@cornell