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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

If T.E. Lawrence -- Lawrence of Arabia -- could see the news out of the Middle East today! A new book says he would say, "I told you so."

(WBUR)


Thomas Edward (abbreviated T.E. - Ed.) Lawrence's rather huge book "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" (a Penguin Modern Classics edition) = How brave disingenuous Christian Arabist T.E. rode camels, massed forces, won war, debated, helped king develop into realm...
(by Jason Lofts)

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  1. Improved version (slight change in word order):

    = How brave disingenuous Christian Arabist T.E. massed forces, rode camels into war, won, debated, helped king develop realm...

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