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and it behoves a man of taste not to indulge his resourcefulness, when he has more to say on a given subject than the other speakers, but to preserve always the element of timeliness no matter on what subject he may have occasion to speak—a principle which I must observe. Therefore I shall speak on the poets at another time1 provided that my age does not first carry me off and that I do not have something to say on subjects more important than this.
1 A promise not fulfilled.