Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · leaf 502
e thou- sand. The war chariots of ancient times were also used for carrying passengers and merchandise. Later on they were used in the great races of Greece and Rome. Of all the sports of ancient times chariot racing was the most splendid and the most popular. The people of medieval times were… … that we know of the ancients exceeds in gro- tesqueness or horror the burning of witches in the eighteenth century, or the persecution of men for religious beliefs in our day. The people of the medieval age were scarcely less savage than the Thracians of ancient times, nor were
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