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[5] You act wisely, therefore, in devoting yourself to these studies; for you give hope to your father and to all the world that if, as you grow older, you hold fast to this course, you will as far surpass your fellow-men in wisdom as your father has surpassed all mankind.1
1 For Isocrates' views on Education, with numerous references to his writings, see Norlin's General Introd. (Isocrates, Vol. I, pp. xxiii ff., L.C.L.).