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What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
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Fascinating
Different
Tales
Way
Watches
Translations
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Repeated
Century
Passage
Wonderful
Tale
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Passages
Two
Centuries

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