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Show WHO SAID j 'My early and invincible- love of KM reading i would ""i exchange Cor ell 4.11 tho treasures of India." Via These are the vvojds of Edward Gibbon, whoso name Is known to hi-.- HD tory chiefly as author of tho "Dc- . line und Fall of Ihe Roman Empire " iWa This work Is considerod a classic and B9L! is a standard reference book. An Incident In the early life of BcVa! Gibbon is worth recording as It show i HI the temperament of the youth. Hi.i Bfll parents were members of the Estab- BVH llshed Church. The lad entered Ox- luH ford college und l I months after im fll matriculation ho announced himself a Catholic. His father was greatly angered and immediately: took his Rfl son from Oxford and placed him un- mB! der the care, of a Calvlnlstlc minis- al Lau i i Under 11 rSjd ling "i this man Gibbon re- A nouncd faith. SbubH Tl'f inn w r.' flHJ j M Gibbon made great progress whl" there. Ho returned to England In 1758 and laid the foundation of an excellent library which ho greatly In-creased In-creased later in life. Gibbon took his first Journey to Italy In 1764. Tho ruins of tho Im-perlal Im-perlal City greatly appealed to him. One night while sitting on the ruins of the capltol ho heard the friars singing In the Temple of Jupiter und the inspiration came to him to wrlto his great history. In 1776 the flrt volume was published. The work waa completed In 17S8. IH Gibbon served in parliament where IH ration Flit death occurred In ar 1794.- Wayne D m-m urr lj oo J |