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Show o Moderns Outdo Ancients. Storlos of the ancients who performed per-formed prodigious feats palo Into Insignificance In-significance compared with modern accomplishments. ac-complishments. For example, the story of Leandcr, who swam tho Hellespont with the praiseworthy object of passing pass-ing an hour In the prcscneo of his sweetheart. Now, tho body of water known In ancient times as tho Helios-point Helios-point Is In these days called tho Strait of Dardanelles, aud the distance across Is rather less than a mile. Compared with such a swim as that of Caplaln Webb, who first swam across the Strait of Dover, a dlstanco of 21 miles, Leander's performance seems not only credible, but tnclgnlflcaut. |