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This method of deduction... is often called "combinatory". Its usefulness is not exhausted at this stage, but it does even at the outset lead to some valuable conclusions.
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It is this quality, the power of seeing order in apparent confusion, that has marked the work of all great men.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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John Chadwick
Born:
May 21, 1920
Died:
November 24, 1998
(aged 78)
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John Chadwick, FBA was an English linguist and classical scholar who, with Michael Ventris, was most notable for the decipherment of Linear B.
Known for:
The decipherment of linear B (1958)
The Mycenaean World (1976)
Linear B and related scripts (1987)
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