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Cherishing such hopes I
enter upon my theme. All men would agree with me, I believe, that it is of the
utmost importance for young men of your age to possess beauty in respect of
person, self-discipline in respect of soul, and manliness in respect of both,
and consistently to possess charm in respect of speech. As for these two kinds
of qualities, natural and acquired, Fortune has so generously blessed you with
nature's gifts that you consistently enjoy distinction and admiration, and the
other kind you are bringing to such perfection through your own diligence that
no fair-minded person could have fault to find with you.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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