W hether the merit of the act set off the speech,1 or the speech did not fall short of a most noble act, I can hardly say: yet of this I am sure, that these words had the same author as those deeds. But your brother's speech2 also delighted me, for it was polished and politic, and I feel sure he had very little time for preparing it.
? 153–154 A.D.
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