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...including the first Latin edition printed in 1516 and many early foreign translations. In this group also are to be found examples of More's works, of his studies and incidental writings. "Epigramma" and "Apologye" are two of the more outstanding of these incidental works, while "Moriac Encomium" of Erasmus, and "Mirrour of Vertue" and "Exposito Fidelis" are ancient analyses of the man's character and work...
...Luther Scheffy, The Phillips Exeter Academy; J. P. Scheu, The Phillips Exeter Academy; J. P. Scully, The Phillips Exeter Academy, W. R. Sears, Phillips Academy, Andover; Carl Seeman, Jr., Fieldston School, New York City; C. I. Shaptro, Loug Branch Senior High School, Long Branch, N. J.; R. H. Sherry, Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. A. Shimer, Derby Academy, Hingham; E. J. Silbermann, Boston Latin School; H. L. Smith, Jr., Central High School, Springfield, Conn.; C. H. Smoot, Jr., Gunney School, Washington; N. J. Sondheim, Brookline High School; G. F. Stork, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jack...
...countries were opening up?America, Africa. India. The imaginations of men burned with dreams of gold to be brought back by far-ranging ships. Had there been newspapers then, the following names would have been in the headlines? Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro, Copernicus, Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Holbein, Cellini, Erasmus, Cranmer, Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, Luther, Rabelais. Machiavelli, Loyola...
...where Angels fear to tread", but I question whether the world should ever have advanced had we never had these so called "fools". A study of historical progress might seem then, according to this thesis, a study of fools in chronological order beginning with Socrates and following through with Erasmus, Copernicus, Bruno, Sir Thomas Moore, Tolstoy, Darwin, and last, but tritely enough, not least, Stephen Vincent Benet...
...opening program under this new plan is interesting in its variety: Dunsany's "Fame and the Poet," and Holberg's "Erasmus Montanus" were given. This was the first presentation of "Fame and the Poet" on any stage, and Lord Dunsany, who attended the premiere, declared himself highly satisfied with the treatment which his work received from the hands of the amateurs. "Erasmus Montanus," by Holberg, "the Moliere of the North," won the better notices of the two plays. But the eighteenth-century satirist has yet to catch the popular taste...