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by Matt52
Mon Sep 19, 2016 4:19 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.
Replies: 3
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Re: Alexander wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.

Thanks, but I actually was referring to the post I tried to link to (doing that on a smartphone is more tedious than a computer hence the failure to do it right). I'd been reading other debates on where this quote came from, and no one mentioned Concreve's play from 1700. Do I think this really happ...
by Matt52
Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:36 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.
Replies: 3
Views: 3139

Alexander wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.

This subject was covered here: http://www.pothos.org/content/index.php?page=quotes[url][/url], but as I posted on wiki quotes, this seems a likely source of the original wording (though maybe not the source of the sentiment): "Nothing remains when that day comes but to sit down and weep like Al...