Letter 2025: You're certainly well-supplied with counsel and prepared for every situation — a man of your wisdom and cultivation...
You're certainly well-supplied with counsel and prepared for every situation — a man of your wisdom and cultivation needs no advisor. But I hope you'll allow my own vigilance to contribute something to your private affairs.
So if our friend's letter brings you anything I've been thinking about as well, pursue it confidently as something approved by two minds. And if you find anything new in it, consider it your own discovery, merely prompted by someone who cares for you. I've attached the main points in summary — I didn't want to spell everything out in a letter, to avoid being tedious. It's up to you to weigh what I've outlined. That is how I've discharged my duty — by leaving the judgment to you. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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