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| To the Presbyter Archibius.
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LXI. To the Presbyter
Archibius.
I did not let the two letters
which I had just received from you go unheeded, but wrote without
delay, and gave my letter to the very devout presbyter Eusebius.1707
| 1707 This name suggests correspondence of date with the
preceding. | In consequence of some delay, it was for
the time postponed, for the weather kept the vessels within the
harbour, inasmuch as it indicated a coming storm at sea and bade
sailors and pilots wait awhile. So I discharged this debt for the time,
not that I may cease to be a debtor but that I may increase the debt.
For this obligation becomes many times greater by being discharged,
inasmuch as they who try to observe the laws of friendship increase the
potency of its love, and, blowing sparks into a flame, kindle a greater
warmth of affection, while all who are fired thereby strive to surpass
one another in love. Receive then my defence, my venerable friend;
forgive me; and send me a letter to tell me how you are.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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