marcin
(Marcin)
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living in isolation and spending his days in
his favored studies, the Eighteenth Century.
In this regard, it should be remembered that
he edited, for the Publisher Sandron in
Palermo, an Eighteenth-Century Collection
that offered more than one surprise.
For many years, until his death, he was a
librarian for a section of the Biblioteca
Nazionale di Napoli. In 1924 he was
proposed as a possible candidate for senator,
but never chosen, maybe because he did not
get the support of Benedetto Croce, who did
have great esteem for him, but apparently
did not regard him competent enough for
the political office. Five years later he was
nevertheless elected to the Accademia
D’Italia. We have already mentioned his
varied and immense production; maybe it
should be added, otherwise it would be hard
to explain why he is at the source of
