&gt; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.his.com&#x2F;~z&#x2F;gibbon.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.his.com&#x2F;~z&#x2F;gibbon.html</a><p>&gt; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.his.com&#x2F;~z&#x2F;passage.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.his.com&#x2F;~z&#x2F;passage.html</a><p>As a side note, see these two links for some quotes and passages from Gibbon&#x27;s magnum opus. The whole work (including footnotes) is amazing.