• To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

  Mark Twain
  American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 1835-1910
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1. character
2. standards
3. judge

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To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours. by : Mark Twain

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