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Well, errors could matter.  After all, scholarship is built on trust and
faith in the work of other scholars.   A group of minor errors could
lead to other errors and so on until much greater inaccuracies spring
forth as truth. One could be off by a day, the next a week, then a
month, or carry an inaccuracy into the next year.  Then events overlap
or collide and claims of accuracy refer back to differing writers with
various dates and facts.
     I believe pointing out errors to be a scholarly duty and welcome
this service from anyone.  The reviewer, in this case, was kind enough
to praise the work in other ways while still noting some factual errors.

Jason


Jason G. Horn, Ph.D
Professor of English
Humanities, Gordon College
Barnesville, GA 30204

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