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[49]
At illa quanti sunt, animum tamquam emeritis
stipendiis libidinis ambitionis, contentionum inimicitiarum, cupiditatum omnium secum esse secumque,
ut dicitur, vivere! si vero habet aliquod tamquam
[p. 60]
pabulum studi atque doctrinae, nihil est otiosa
senectute iucundius. videbamus1 in studio dimetiendi paene caeli atque terrae Gallum familiarem
patris tui, Scipio. quotiens illum lux noctu aliquid
describere ingressum, quotiens nox oppressit cum
mane coepisset! quam delectabat eum defectiones
solis et lunae multo ante nobis praedicere!
1 mori before videbamus in the MSS., omitted by most editors. For mori Bennett conjectured exerceri, cf. infra ยง 50.
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