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Are you seriously saying that M.I. Finley was a victim of fascism?

J.F. Gannon

pericles wrote:

> I just posted a remark about the possible attractiveness of the US to northern
> English.  That is an interesting social relationship, if verified, but it also
> sounds perhaps nastier toward Oxbridge than is warranted or intended.  The
> thought that immediately struck me is the need to emphasize the great
> generosity these institutions showed to victims of persecution in
> Germany--were the major American schools equally generous?  Possibly yes--and
> in other countries.  When I asked one British scholar about the welcome given
> M.I. Finley (and Owen Lattimore), I was struck by the response: we have a good
> record in welcoming victims of fascism.
>
> Daniel P. Tompkins
> Associate Professor, Department of Greek, Hebrew and Roman Classics
> Provost's Fellow for Teaching and Learning
> 5th Floor, Conwell Hall
> Temple University
> 1801 N Broad St
> Philadelphia, PA 19122-6096
> pericles@astro.temple.edu
> 215 204 4900; fax 215 204 3175
>
> "It's Johan Bruyneel, riding over a cliff, across a ravine, and into a TREEEEEE!  Watch Johan...."  Tour de France announcer in 1996 describing the nearly fatal accident of the current coach of the US Postal Service.  Bruyneel clawed his way up the cliff, got a new bike, and impressed everyone by continuing on the Tour with a broken arm.

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