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...to fight for victory. You are then thoroughly accomplished in every aspect of ancient and modern history, down to the smallest details and moments required by the painstaking research of the most curious scholars, who have leisure at their whim. Of this, the beautiful works you have so successfully brought to light original: "mises si heureusement en lumiere," a common idiom for publishing books. bear sufficient witness. All of this is accompanied by a sense of honor preud'hommie A term denoting the qualities of a "preud'homme": integrity, wisdom, and social responsibility. and integrity, without which all these other fine qualities would become more harmful and pernicious than profitable and useful. And you possess a memory that not only takes the place of some vast library original: "Bibliotheque tres-ample.", but may also, not improperly, be compared to an Ocean or to Fire. The one never overflows or regurgitates, regardless of the excessive abundance of waters that pour into it; the other is never filled or satiated, no matter how much fuel original: "pasture," used here metaphorically for what feeds a fire. is added, but rather both always seem to crave more.

TO SUCH A MAN, then—so rich and ample a storehouse of learning—I come to present this, my own weak and common offering original: "denree," literally a commodity or ware, used here humbly to describe his book.. And to what purpose, one might ask? As if you did not understand the Greek language—from which all of this originates—as exquisitely as any other man, or as if you were not already fully aware of everything I have been able to gather in this work. In truth, it would do too great a wrong to your serious occupations and labors if I intended to distract you from them, causing you to waste even a little time here that is destined for better things. It would be an even greater wrong to the public, to whom you owe the fulfillment of your duties, both in the administration of ordinary justice and in the Royal Council for State Affairs Referring to Brisson's high-ranking roles as a judge and advisor to the King of France., which leave you no respite. Might it be, perhaps, to recommend this author, when he is seen supported by the prestige of your most learned name—a name known and admired in every corner of Europe? Certainly, Philostratus The author of the original Greek text being translated, Philostratus the Elder....