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Letters of the Blessed Theodoret,
Bishop of Cyrus.
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I. To an Unknown
Correspondent.
In the words of the prophet we
find the wise hearer mentioned with the excellent councillor.1609 I, however, send the book I have written on
the divine Apostle, not as much to a wise hearer as to a just and
clever judge. When goldsmiths wish to find out if their gold is refined
and unalloyed, they apply it to the touchstone; and just so I sent my
book to your reverence, for I wish to know whether it is what it should
be, or needs some fining down. You have read it and returned it, but
have said nothing to me on this point. Your silence leads me to
conjecture that the judge has given sentence of condemnation, but is
unwilling to hurt my feelings by telling me so. Pray dismiss any such
idea, and do not hesitate to tell me your opinion about the
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