A Journey Into the Classical World

The classical world is a richly instructive model of civilized life. The greeks dreamed, in the words of werner yager, of building a state so skilfully that it might keep strength and spirit in perpetual equipoise. We are bound as heirs to ask anew what made it great with all its faults, and why expired with all its strength. Who knows, we may find ourselves on the decks of our own listing ship some day.