Letter 20: How could I not be glad to welcome a young man who is the son of a good mother and the nephew of a man who is both a...
To Genesius (358/59)
How could I not have been glad to see a young man who is the son of a good mother and the nephew of a man who is both a savior of cities and a friend of ours — one who has undertaken a noble exile, and from your own land at that, the only kind of exile one must praise? For to leave one's homeland in pursuit of eloquence is a credit even to the homeland itself, which the exile will have the power to make great through his learning.
But just as you commend us for the care that your young man has found upon arriving here, so too persuade his mother to relieve his want. For you will have no grounds to call us harshly to account if what is lacking comes from your end.
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