Letter 39: (About the same date. A recommendation of one Amazonius, whose learning was much respected by Gregory.) I wish well to all my friends. And when I speak of friends, I mean honourable and good men, linked with me in virtue, if indeed I myself have any claim to it.
Gregory, recommending Amazonius.
I wish well to all my friends. And when I say friends, I mean honorable and good men who are united with me in the pursuit of virtue -- if indeed I have any claim to virtue myself. At the present time, therefore, seeking how I might do a kindness to my excellent brother Amazonius -- for I was greatly impressed by the man during some recent conversation between us -- I thought the best thing I could do was to introduce him to you. Please receive him as a man of genuine learning and integrity, and let him find in you a patron worthy of his merits.
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