John the Baptist was like the Emperor Nerva. In his career … - John Robert Seeley

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John the Baptist was like the Emperor Nerva. In his career it was given him to do two things—to inaugurate a new régime, and also to nominate a successor who was far greater than himself.

John Robert Seeley

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Sir John Robert Seeley (10 September 1834 – 13 January 1895) was an English historian and essayist.

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Alternative Names: Sir John Robert Seeley • J. R. Seeley

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