Letter 7028: My wishes have been fulfilled through your efforts, and I write to acknowledge both the result and the agent.

Ennodius of PaviaAdeodatus|c. 516 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
illness
From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To: Adeodatus, priest
Date: ~516 AD
Context: A letter expressing satisfaction that his own wishes have been fulfilled through Adeodatus's efforts.

Ennodius to Adeodatus the priest.

My wishes have been fulfilled through your efforts, and I write to acknowledge both the result and the agent. The man who carries out another's hopes earns a double reward: the gratitude of the one who hoped, and the satisfaction of the task itself. You have earned both. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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