DEDICATION

and that nothing is more important to me than to satisfy your wishes. For since the sum total of your counsels and labors is directed toward the well-being of the prince, the tranquility of the state original: "reipublicae," referring to the public commonwealth or the Prussian state, and the growth of the fine arts and literature, it is clear that nothing more pleasing can happen to you than that everyone should, as is fitting, adorn the station original: "spartam," an allusion to the ancient Greek proverb "You have obtained Sparta, now adorn it," meaning one should do one's duty and bring honor to the position they have been assigned they have obtained.

Nevertheless, such is your fairness and humanity toward all, that you do not reject even the mere will and attempt to serve well in civil, sacred, or literary matters; nor do you immediately judge those whose strength or success does not match their intentions to be unworthy of your favor. By this very means, you easily ensure that those who find rest under the shadow of the most powerful King of Prussia original: "Borussiae regis," referring to Frederick I, and who devote themselves to the sacred rites of letters original: "litterarum sacris operantur," a metaphor portraying scholarship as a form of religious service, [may with] cheerful