Letter 1501: Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.
Ρεφϑίαι ἤθη οδρὶ ἱπρτολίίδίθ ; οδρίαπι) ὙΟΓῸ δοὶγ οδρίυδη , δβιδιϊπηαυ6 γὙϑ]αὶ ἰοπιυϊοηι ᾳυδάδπι ΘΠ ΓΚοΓ6. Οδρίυδ ΓῸ ποθὴ δβιρεγο βυϑι:- ὨΘΏΒ, ΠΙΟΙΡΟῸ ἰδυογαὶ ἱβουγδ . ΙΧ. --- ΑΜΜΟΝΙῸ ΠΟΓΑΒΤΙΟΟ. 8ὲ γεοία ἰἰϑετογιμε ἰνιδέξιμιΐοπθ; ἀφ φιια εἰ ἰπ. δρῖδι. εἰ σοπιΐπα είς. Οἱ τοῖς ἑαυτῶν παισὶν ἔτι νηπίοις οὖσιν ἐγχατα- ὦ φυἱ βυΐβ Δαΐνις ἰοπογίβ " γ8 ἀσευιηθηίδ ἰη8ογιηί, σπείροντες πρῶτον μὲν τὸν περὶ τῆς θείας ὑπεροχῇς τε χαὶ προνοίας λόγον " δεύτερον δὲ τὸν περὶ ἀρετῇς τρόπον, οὗτοι οὐ μόνον γονεῖς, ἀλλὰ χαὶ διδάσχαλοι ἄριστοι τυγχάνοντες τεύξονται θείων ἁμοιδῶν. Οἵ δὲ πολυθεσίαν () καὶ χαχίαν αὐτῆς () χαταφυ- κεύσαντες, ἅτε θύσαντες αὐτῶν τὰ τέχγα τοῖς δαί- μόσυν, ἄξια χομιοῦνται τὰ ἐπίχειρα. Ι -- ΣΥΜΜΑΧΩ. ρυϊησιη ᾳυϊοπὶ ἐο Ὠεὶ ργωϑίδηιίϊα δίχυδ ργονί ἀθη- ιἰὰ ; ἀδ]ιίης ΥἱΓιμ [ πὶ ΠΠΟΓΟΒ4 ΡΓΟΡῸ5 ρτιοίρίυηι, Ὦΐ ποη τηο40 ραγθῃίθβ, ϑδεὰ δὲ οριϊπιΐ δχβίβίυπι Ἰηδαίϑιγὶ, 6ἱ ἃ πιογοθίίοια δοοὶρίοπι. ( υϊΐ νϑγοὸ ἀδοτυπι προ ἰτυ ἀΐ μοι πηργου ἰδίθηγαυ ἢ] ἀοεθηί, 4υλδὶ (ἰδπ)οη Οἴεγρηϊθ8, ἀδ δοίζίρίεηιὶ Ραηδ88.
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1. I was at a considerable distance from home when the letter of your Holiness addressed to me at Hippo arrived by the hands of the clerk Projectus. When I had returned home, and, having read your letter, felt myself to be owing you a reply, I was still waiting for some means of communicating with you, when, lo!
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