Letter 8027: Although the world around us remains unsettled, the bonds between friends provide a stability that events cannot shake.
Ennodius to Barbara.
Although the world around us remains unsettled, the bonds between friends provide a stability that events cannot shake. I write to you as one who finds in correspondence a fixed point amid the general confusion.
Take heart. The difficulties are real, but they are not permanent. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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