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τοι δένδρον ἐκ γῆς μὲν φύεται, σπεύδει δὲ
ὥσπερ εἰς τὸν αἰθέρα καὶ ἰδεῖν τέ ἐστι καλὸν καὶ
σκιὰν παρασχεῖν ἐν πνίγει, ἤδη δὲ καὶ καρπὸν
ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ προβαλεῖν καὶ χαρίσασθαι: οὕτως
αὐτῷ πολύ τί γε τοῦ γονίμου περίεστιν. ἡμῖν
οὖν ὁ θεσμὸς παρακελεύεται, τοῖς φύσει μὲν
οὐρανίοις, εἰς γῆν δὲ ἐνεχθεῖσιν, ἀρετὴν μετὰ εὐσεβείας
ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν τῇ γῇ πολιτείας ἀμησαμένους
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