Natural History, by Pliny the Elder, Reading 1
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The Authority of the Gods Is Not Satisfied When They Are Worshiped by Everyone to the Best of His Ability.
I am well aware that placed as you are in the highest station, and gifted with the most splendid eloquence and the most accomplished mind, even those who come to pay their respects to you, do it with a kind of veneration. On this account I ought to be careful that what is dedicated to you should be worthy of you. But my temerity will appear the greater by the consideration that these volumes which I dedicate to you are of such inferior importance. They do not admit of the display of genius or indeed is mine one of the highest order. In very many cases I am obliged to use rude and foreign or even barbarous terms,. These often required to be introduced by a kind
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