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Of course, I have no assurance—it could
not even be expected—that they will all turn to
these studies. Would that a few may! Though
few, their activity may yet have a wide influence in
the state. In fact, I am receiving some reward for my
labour even from men advanced in years; for they
are finding comfort in my books, and by their ardour
in reading are raising my eagerness for writing to a
higher pitch every day. Their number, too, I learn,
is far greater than I had expected. Furthermore, it
would redound to the fame and glory of the Roman
people to be made independent of Greek writers in
the study of philosophy,
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