Letter 3008: I received your letter with such pleasure — coming as it did after a long silence — that I confess I've completely...
I received your letter with such pleasure — coming as it did after a long silence — that I confess I've completely forgotten my previous complaints. The charm of this recent kindness has wiped out the memory of our interrupted correspondence. From now on, if I'm in your thoughts, make a regular practice of writing — and you'll be rewarded in equal measure with both conversation and affection. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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