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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

Approximate author period: c. 51 AD · classical

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Pliny The Elder
Attribution: attributed
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Approximate author period: c. 51 AD · classical
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Natural History. Book i. Dedication, Sect. 22.

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