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Aesop's Fables; a new translation
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Ancient Era, European Fiction, Myths & Fairy Tales
2 Chapters
Excerpt from Aesop's Fables; a new translation:
...because he never deserved it. The firm foundations of common sense, the shrewd shots at uncommon sense, that characterise all the Fables, belong not him but to humanity. In the earliest human history whatever is authentic is universal: and whatever is universal is anonymous. In such cases there is always some central man who had first the trouble of collecting them, and afterwards the fame of creating them. He had the fame; and, on the whole, he earned the fame....
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