"For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and……" — Thomas Bulfinch
"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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18 Quotes by Thomas Bulfinch
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The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.
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Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work…
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It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.
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If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise…
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Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity…
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The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.
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The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy
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ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost…
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We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the…
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Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.
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The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted…
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Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or…
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