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Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns

Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns was an argument about who was smarter or better, the people from long ago called the Ancients, or the people from today called the Moderns. This argument lasted for hundreds of years and people would debate who was smarter or better. People who thought the Ancients were better said that they were more creative and had more knowledge, while people who believed the Moderns were better said they had better technology and had done more things with their knowledge. In the end, many people believed that both the Ancients and the Moderns were equally important and it was unfair to compare them because each group had its own unique strengths.