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Libanius to Basil.<br />

Letter CCCLV.<br />

Libanius to Basil.<br />

Are you living at Athens, Basil? Have you forgotten yourself? <strong>The</strong> sons of the Cæsareans<br />

could not endure to hear these things. My tongue was not accustomed to them. Just as<br />

though I were treading some dangerous ground, <strong>and</strong> were struck at the novelty of the sounds,<br />

it said to me its father, “My father, you never taught this! This man is Homer, or Plato, or<br />

Aristotle, or Susarion. He knows everything.” So far my tongue. I only wish, Basil, that<br />

you could praise me in the same manner!<br />

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