How fortunate is this generation to live at a time when the sources of our culture-sacred and profane-are illuminated in a brighter light of history than our forefathers imagined possible! (Cyrus H. Gordon)

How fortunate is this generation to live at a time when the sources of our culture-sacred and profane-are illuminated in a brighter light of history than our forefathers imagined possible!

Cyrus H. Gordon

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