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Readers of the second or third editions of the History of classical scholarship by John Edwin Sandys (1844–1922) may recall the apology offered by the author for the book's size. ‘I confess that the work has grown under my hands to a far larger bulk than I had ever contemplated; but, when I reflect that a German “History of Classical Philology”, which does not go beyond the fourth century of our era, fills as many as 1900 large octavo pages, I am disposed to feel (like Clive) “astonished at my own moderation”.’1 (In the first edition, Sandys had rendered the last words in the form ‘astounded at my moderation’ and attributed them to Hastings rather than Clive.) Few classical scholars today would compare themselves with either Robert Clive or Warren Hastings, and many would not recognize the names, but, misattribution aside, the reference would have been clear to the...

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