"Tota teguntur ergama dumetis: etiam periere ruinæ."
— Troy

January 1, 1970

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The straggling wild-thorn covers all the ground Where once was Troy; its very ruins are gone. — Lucan, 9, 968. — The last words are often quoted of the rapid disappearance of old buildings, monuments, societies, or associations of former years.