ubi (locum ubi) . . . reficiatur, rel. clause of purpose. suppetere has for subject the suppressed antecedent of quod. posse (with a fut. force), should be able. contentionem, strain. ego (emphat.), etc., for my part I admit etc. We should remember that the more old-fashioned of Cicero's contemporaries were still inclined to regard literary and artistic pursuits as frivolous in comparison with the more "truly Roman" professions of war and politics (cf. Aeneid, 6. 847 ff.). Hence it was important for Cicero to show that literature was of practical value to the man of affairs. his studiis, the study of letters in general, including all varieties of literature, poetry as well as prose. nullius tempore, etc., the necessities or interests of no one (i.e. as a client).
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