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“The corsairs of North Africa, of Catalonia, Dalmatia, Genoa, Malta, Sicily and Tuscany repeatedly plundered the coasts of Greece; some were Christians, some were Moslems, but, in any case, that made no difference to their victims.”

“The process of world history, exhibited in microcosm, gives a peculiar value to Greek history.”