Letter 2071: It is a duty of human decency to furnish recommendations to those who seek them.
It is a duty of human decency to furnish recommendations to those who seek them. In the case of Zenobius, however, such a man deserves more than the ordinary letter. His learning and character would speak for themselves in any company. I commend him to you with confidence, knowing that once you have met him, you will understand why I hold him in such esteem.
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Latin / Greek Original
Humanitatis interest commendationem deferre poscentibus, in Zenobio autem talis
officii causa propensior est, cum sit familiaris meus atque ideo illi debeatur potius
quam praestetur adfectio. huic patrocinium tui cupio provenire. nam pri- s
mum est, ut meo sufiragio diligatur, secundum erit, ut sua honestate conplaceat. vale.
LXXI (LXX) ante a. 395.
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