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| January 01, 2003 | Masson, Sophie | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Pyrenees, about 40 AD

Before there was any earth or sea, before the canopy of Heaven stretched overhead, Nature presented the same aspect the worm over, to which men have given the name of Chaos.

--Ovid, Metamorphoses

Exile is never the same thing for everyone. For certain people, it is almost death. Death to ambition, to love, to lost illusions, to hope. It is indeed a terrible punishment for that proud and ambitious being that is political man. Equally, it is so for a man of letters who, just like the politician, needs the Forum crowds, needs the breath of public air to live fully. For those people, the loss of Rome is worse, in a sense, than ...

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