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Highlights from Book 6 of Xenophon's Anabasis
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-Why every modern gentleman should sacrifice to the gods
-How to gracefully decline a promotion
-Hercules in Hell
-On keeping the Fellowship together
-Isolated sheep rustling incident threatens to start an international war
-The value of a cool head
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