The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author. (Frederic G. Kenyon)

The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author.

Frederic G. Kenyon

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