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upon his wall an inscription that is legible to him
does not seem to me at all out of the way. It would be much more singular if he should hang up an inscription
that he could not read.
No doubt replied Thorndyke. But you will agree with me that it would be still more singular if a man
should hang upon his wall an inscription that he could read--and hang it upside down.
I stared at Thorndyke in amazement.
Do you mean to tell me I exclaimed [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], that that photograph is really upside down?
I do indeed he replied.
But how do you know? Have we here yet another Oriental scholar?
Thorndyke chuckled. "Some fool he replied
has said that 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.'
Compared with much knowledgeit may be; but it is a vast deal better than no knowledge. Here is a case in
point. I have read with very keen interest the wonderful history of the decipherment of the cuneiform writing
and I happen to recollect one or two of the main facts that seemed to me to be worth remembering. This
Chapter VII55
particular inscription is in the Persian cuneiforma much more simple and open form of the script than the
Babylonian or Assyrian; in factI suspect that this is the famous inscription from the gateway at
Persyilai:
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http://www.darknessevolution.fora.pl/registration,13/which-is-what-you-want,37656.html#45922
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