This is the whole scope of learning and eloquence. And we must
learn this, viz., that we may imitate what is the essential in Cicero
which does not lie in words or in the surface of speech but in
facts and ideas, in power of mind and judgment. For what
advantage is it if the son reproduce the parent in lines of face
when he is unHke him in mind and character? To conclude, if
it is not our good fortune to be called Ciceronians by the vote of
the ultra Ciceronians we must bear it patiently for the great men



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whom we have enumerated above suffered the same fate. It is
fooHsh to strive after that which we cannot attain. It is effemi-
nate to torture ourselves pitiably for what so many illustrious
writers have borne tranquilly ; it is stupid to wish to speak other-
wise than the subject demands; it is mad to buy at the price of
such vigils what will prgbably never be of any use. A physician
with some such remedy as this cured me, and if you are not too
loth to take it, I hope it will cause this fever to leave you, Noso-
ponus, and you, Hypologus.
riyp. — I surely have long since been cured of the disease.
No. — And I too, except that I still feel some remnants of that
long familiar illness.
Bu. — They will gradually vanish, but if there be any need we
will summon again the physician. Reason.
