> http://www.his.com/~z/gibbon.html http://www.his.com/~z/gibbon.html > http://www.his.com/~z/passage.html http://www.his.com/~z/passage.html As a side note,

> http://www.his.com/~z/gibbon.html http://www.his.com/~z/gibbon.html > http://www.his.com/~z/passage.html http://www.his.com/~z/passage.html As a side note, see these two links for some quotes and passages from Gibbon's magnum opus. The whole work (including footnotes) is amazing.