[Footnote 90: Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). One of the most distinguished… — Essays

Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Footnote 90: Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). One of the most distinguished of English historians. His great work is the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Carlyle called Gibbon, "the splendid bridge from the old world to the new."]

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