Silence After the Clamors

merit regarding the Republic, nor for being recognized by their face, along with the others, he condemned them solely because they were too just. There is no doubt that there are many like him in this census. But as we know these men were destined for mattocks and plows, not for literature and tribunals, we relegate them as such, and you, candid reader, we commend to God, having been exempted from their number.
Farewell.

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