Thank you Andrew, I totally agree --- I know not everyone reads everything --- but this one was PARTICULARLY good ...
One thing not developed in the article is that for much of the 19th and 20th century -- both the POLITICAL CLASS and the "civil service" in the British Empire was FULL of people who had studied CLASSICS --- (usually at Balliol College, Oxford!) --- Classics of course is the STORY of empires .... On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 12:42 PM Andrew Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > A very worthwhile read: > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6044): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6044 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80320861/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
