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Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is sir boyle roche the father of bulls. no doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to sir boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.
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Herodotus Is Not More Indisputably The Father

Boyle Roche
Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is sir boyle roche the father of bulls. no doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to sir boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.
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