Can you refute Snope's categorization of the "Alexander Tyler" quote as probable urban legend?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/tyler.asp -mark > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John P Donnelly > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 4:11 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Wars and Allies > > At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new > constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander Tyler (a Scottish > history professor at The University of Edinborough) had this > to say about "The Fall of The Athenian Republic" some 2,000 > years prior: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
