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[25] Ille, qui ad philosophiam spectat, haec eadem quo debet, adducit: numquam vergilius, inquit, dies dicit [p. 246] ire, sed fugere, quod currendi genus concitatissimum est, et optimos quosque primos rapi 1 ; quid ergo cessamus nos ipsi concitare, ut velocitatem rapidissimae rei possimus aequare ? Meliora praetervolant, deteriora succedunt.
1 rapi later MSS.; rapit BA.
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