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Unread 02-23-2018, 05:07 AM
John Isbell John Isbell is offline
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I've heard two things about Housman as a scholar:

1. He was somewhat unusual in being a Latinist.
2. He was quite brilliant.

Of course, this does not preclude him being a pedant, that I can't answer. But a Latinist friend of mine used to read his scholarship for pleasure.

Cheers,
John
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