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Maiores natu in conuiuiis ad tibias egregia superiorum opera carmine conprehensa † pangebant, quo ad ea imitanda iuuentutem alacriorem redderent. quid hoc splendidius, quid etiam utilius certamine? pubertas canis suum decus reddebat, defuncta uiri cursu aetas ingredientes actuosam uitam feruoris nutrimentis prosequebatur. quas Athenas, quam scholam, quae alienigena studia huic domesticae disciplinae praetulerim? inde oriebantur Camilli, Scipiones, Fabricii, Marcelli, Fabii, ac ne singula imperii nostri lumina simul percurrendo sim longior, inde, inquam, caeli clarissima pars, diui fulserunt Caesares.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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