Word: precursor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...traits of a whole class, made his works reflect the whole panorama of society. Jealousy is a trait to which he devoted much attention. Laying his finger on the spot most open to ridicule, he pilloried social characteristics that are as prominent now as then. He was a true precursor of the Revolution, in that he attacked the nobles, not as individuals, but as a class...
Popular Science Monthly--"Anaximander, Earliest Precursor of Darwin," by C. R. Eastman '90: "The Cause, Nature, and Consequence of Eyestrain," by G. M. Gould...