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| For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. |
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| 1796–1867, American author, b. Newton, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1814. He wrote a series of works popularizing fable and legend, including The Age of Fables (1855), The Age of Chivalry (1858), Legends of Charlemagne (1863), and Oregon and Eldorado (1866).—From Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. |
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Pronunciation:  b l´f nch´´ from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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- The Age of Fable (1913)
Thomas Bulfinch’s ageless volumes on the mythology and fable of the
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