Transcribed from the 1894 Chapman and Hall “Christmas Stories”edition by David Price, email ccx074@c
LESSER HIPPIAS by Plato (see Appendix I) Translated by Benjamin Jowett Contents APPENDIX
Extracts From Adam’s DiaryTranslated from the original MS.by Mark Twain[NOTE.—I translated a portion
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