Letter 3026: Your Greatness is present, and your presence changes everything.
To Avienus, from Ennodius.
Your Greatness is present, and your presence changes everything. The cause that languished without your support now thrives with it, and I write to acknowledge the difference you make.
Stay. Continue. The work is not done, and your contribution is irreplaceable. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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