What's Wonderful Is To Read The Different Translations - Some Done In 1600 And Some In 1900 - Of The Same Passage. It's Fascinating To Watch The Same Tale Repeated In Such A Different Way By Two Different Centuries. - SearchQuotes

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What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.

Martin C Smith

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