Erasmus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...and his collected letters (tr., ed. by F. M. Nichols, 1904 18; repr. 1962). Erasmus combined vast learning with a fine style, a keen and sometimes sharp humor, moderation, and tolerance. His position on the Reformation was widely...