. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . Erasmus belonged to Holland by acci-dent of birth, but by choice he was thepromoter of learning throughout a student he was a lover of peace and quiet and refused tobecome a revolutionist in either Church or State, howeverkeenly he recognized the need of reform. Holland was ahighly commercial country, as well as a home of art andlearning. All the considerable cities of the Netherlands wereimportant commercial and industrial centres. The peoplewere enthusiastic in the cause of liberty and boldly assertedw
. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . Erasmus belonged to Holland by acci-dent of birth, but by choice he was thepromoter of learning throughout a student he was a lover of peace and quiet and refused tobecome a revolutionist in either Church or State, howeverkeenly he recognized the need of reform. Holland was ahighly commercial country, as well as a home of art andlearning. All the considerable cities of the Netherlands wereimportant commercial and industrial centres. The peoplewere enthusiastic in the cause of liberty and boldly assertedwhat rights they knew belonged to them. Desiderius Erasmus is the assumed name of the greatscholar, who was originally plain Gerhard. All three namesmean desired or beloved, the first in Latin, the secondin Greek, the last in vulgar Dutch. Erasmus was born atRotterdam in 1467. His father was a man of distinction, hismother was a physicians daughter. His parents having diedwhen he was of tender years, he was committed to carelessguardians and consigned to institutions of which
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