Riches should come as the reward for hard work, preferably by one's forebears.

—Steven Runciman

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About Steven Runciman

Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (7 July 1903 – 1 November 2000), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume A History of the Crusades (1951–1954). His works had a profound impact on the popular conception of the Crusades within the Western world, although Runciman...

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