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A Diſcourſe
Book II.
Chap. IV.
An exhortation to Wisdom; thereby a Man may attain to Constancy. An admonition to Youth, to conjoyn the more serious studies of Philosophy to the more pleasant and liberal ones.
Langius had finish'd, and I confess seriously that this last generous and constant speech of his, had cast me into some amazement, which when I had recovered, O happy Man (said I) both in your business and retirements! O that more than humane life; which I have met with in a Man! Would to God I were able in any Measure to imitate, and to creep along after these footsteps, though it were at a considerable distance. Langius as reprehending me; imitate sayes he? Yes excell. You have right here not only to follow,
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