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The Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature

The Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature
Bringing the wisdom of the classics to the Internet since 1994. The Internet Classics Archive by Daniel C. Stevenson, Web Atomics. World Wide Web presentation is copyright © 1994-2009, Daniel C. Stevenson, Web Atomics. All rights reserved under international and pan-American copyright conventions, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

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