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ἐχρῆν τρόπον ἄνδρας ὑπὸ μάρτυρι τῇ φρονιμωτάτῃ
θεῷ τρεφομένους.
Οὐκοῦν εἰ ταῦτα παῤ ὑμῖν μὲν ἦν πάλαι,
σώζεται δὲ ἐξ ἐκείνου καὶ εἰς ὑμᾶς ἔτι τῆς τῶν
προγόνων ἀρετῆς ὥσπερ ἐμπύρευμά τι σμικρόν,
εἰκός ἐστιν ὑμᾶς οὐκ εἰς τὸ μέγεθος τῶν πραττομένων
ἀφορᾶν οὐδὲ εἴ τις ὥσπερ δἰ ἀέρος ἱπτάμενος
διὰ τῆς γῆς ἐβάδισεν ἀμηχάνῳ τάχει
καὶ ἀτρύτῳ ῥώμῃ, σκοπεῖν δὲ ὅτῳ ταῦτα μετὰ
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