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The Renaissance Progresses in Florence

At an early date he perceived that the new art would be of little value if there were not careful press readers. He was therefore among the first to

So when the Persians arrived at Samos bringing Syloson home from exile, no one raised a hand against them, and moreover the party of Maiandrios and

It was the Renaissance card which won the trick. With startling boldness, yet with consummate art, Lorenzo played the game of flattering

The earlier years of his power were associated with many stirring events which exercised no inconsiderable influence on the state of