• The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

  Edward Gibbon
  British historian 1737-1794
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1. performance
2. interested
3. sincerely
4. event

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The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event. by : Edward Gibbon

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