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ὅσον δὲ τῆς εὐνοίας τῆς πρὸς τὰς πατρίδας
μέτεστιν τοῖς ὡς ἀληθῶς γνησίοις πολίταις μάθοι τις ἂν ἐκ τῶν αὐτοχθόνων οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐπήλυδες
καθάπερ νόθοι ῥᾳδίας ποιοῦνται τὰς μεταναστάσεις, τὸ μὲν τῆς πατρίδος ὄνομα μήτε εἰδότες μήτε στέργοντες, ἡγούμενοι δ᾽ ἁπανταχοῦ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων εὐπορήσειν, μέτρον εὐδαιμονίας τὰς τῆς γαστρὸς ἡδονὰς τιθέμενοι. οἷς δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἡ
πατρίς, ἀγαπῶσι τὴν γῆν ἐφ᾽ ἧς ἐγένοντο καὶ ἐτράφησαν, κἂν ὀλίγην ἔχωσι, κἂν τραχεῖαν καὶ λεπτόγεων κἂν ἀπορῶσι τῆς γῆς ἐπαινέσαι τὴν
ἀρετήν, τῶν γε ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος οὐκ
ἀπορήσουσιν ἐγκωμίων. ἀλλὰ κἂν ἴδωσιν ἑτέρους
σεμνυνομένους πεδίοις ἀνειμένοις καὶ λειμῶσι φυτοῖς παντοδαποῖς διειλημμένοις, καὶ αὐτοὶ τῶν τῆς
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πατρίδος ἐγκωμίων οὐκ ἐπιλανθάνονται, τὴν δὲ ἱπποτρόφον ὑπερορῶντες τὴν κουροτρόφον ἐπαινοῦσι.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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