Natural History, by Pliny the Elder, Reading 1
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I Do Not Write for Very Learned People
I considered your situation much too elevated for you to descend to such an office. Besides, we possess the right of openly rejecting the opinion of men of learning. Marcus Tullius himself, whose genius is beyond all competition, uses this privilege. And remarkable as it may appear, employs an advocate in his own defense. I do not wish my works to be read by many as Perseus, but by Junius Congus end quote.
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