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We may be sure of the result. After commending her zeal for her own family, he says, "Ego vero et ejus liberis parcam, et genero, et uxori; et ad senatum scribam ne aut proscriptio gravior sit, aut poena crudelior;" adding that, had his counsels prevailed, not even Cassius himself should have perished.
In the opening chapters Cicero extols Varro's learning with that warmth of heart and total absence of jealousy which form so pleasing a trait in his character. Their diffuseness amusingly contrasts with Varro's brevity in his dedication. When it appeared, there occurred not a word of compliment, nothing beyond the bare announcement In his ad te scribam. Truly Varro was no "mutual admirationist."
The duke hath but two, given him by the grace of God and of the King's high mercy. 'I make no doubt, she answered, 'ye be as learned as the seven were. 'I be twice as hungry, he laughed; 'but with me it has always been "Quid scribam non quemadmodum," wherein I follow Seneca.
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