Letter 1041: I interrupt your busy schedule with my steady stream of letters — partly because I enjoy this kind of exchange...
I interrupt your busy schedule with my steady stream of letters — partly because I enjoy this kind of exchange myself, and partly because I believe it brings some comfort during your time away from home.
Your letters in return I look forward to but don't demand. It would be wrong to press hard for something you merely hope for, lest what should be freely given appear forced.
On another matter: I'm delighted that my friend Innocentius won your friendship even before I could write on his behalf — it makes recommending him much easier, since you already know and approve of him. So I ask just one thing: let a man who already stands on his own merit be loved all the more generously for the sake of my endorsement. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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