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On sober reflection, i find few reasons for publishing my italian version of an obscure, neo-gothic french version of a seventeenth century latin edition of a work written in latin by a german monk toward the end of the fourteenth century...first of all, what style should i employ?
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On Sober Reflection, I Find Few Reasons

Umberto Eco
On sober reflection, i find few reasons for publishing my italian version of an obscure, neo-gothic french version of a seventeenth century latin edition of a work written in latin by a german monk toward the end of the fourteenth century...first of all, what style should i employ?
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