To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.
For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the extent that the grace of the Lord permits to inquiry into and investigation of the consensus of the true and purer antiquity.
Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.
Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history.
It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.
This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.
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