Letter 8038: Petition is never ineffective when it reaches a man of justice and compassion.
Ennodius to Symmachus.
Petition is never ineffective when it reaches a man of justice and compassion. I bring my request to you confident that it will receive the hearing it deserves — not because I have any claim on your time, but because the cause itself does.
Consider it, and act as your conscience directs. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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