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δένδρον τέμνεται: εἶθ̓ ἑξῆς γίνεται τὰ λοιπά, τὰ
[p. 472]
μὲν διὰ τοὺς μυστικοὺς καὶ κρυφίους θεσμούς, τὰ
δὲ καὶ διὰ ῥηθῆναι πᾶσι δυναμένους. ἡ δὲ
ἐκτομὴ τοῦ δένδρου, τοῦτο δὲ τῇ μὲν ἱστορίᾳ
προσήκει τῇ περὶ τὸν Γάλλον, οὐδὲν δὲ τοῖς
μυστηρίοις, οἷς παραλαμβάνεται, διδασκόντων
ἡμᾶς οἶμαι τῶν θεῶν συμβολικῶς, ὅτι χρὴ τὸ
κάλλιστον ἐκ γῆς δρεψαμένους, ἀρετὴν μετὰ
εὐσεβείας, ἀπενεγκεῖν τῇ θεῷ, σύμβολον τῆς
ἐνταῦθα χρηστῆς πολιτείας ἐσόμενον. τὸ γάρ
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