De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Vidi statim indolem neque dimisi tempus et eum
sum cohortatus, ut forum sibi ludum putaret esse ad discendum,
magistrum autem, quem vellet, eligeret; me quidem
si audiret, L. Crassum: quod iste adripuit et ita sese
facturum confirmavit atque etiam addidit, gratiae scilicet
causa, me quoque sibi magistrum futurum. Vix annus
intercesserat ab hoc sermone cohortationis meae, cum iste
accusavit C. Norbanum, defendente me: non est credibile
quid interesse mihi sit visum inter eum, qui tum erat et qui
anno ante fuerat. Omnino in illud genus eum Crassi
magnificum atque praeclarum natura ipsa ducebat, sed ea
non satis proficere potuisset, nisi eodem studio atque imitatione
intendisset atque ita dicere consuesset, ut tota mente
Crassum atque omni animo intueretur.
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Ergo hoc sit primum
in praeceptis meis, ut demonstremus, quem imitetur atque
ita, ut, quae maxime excellent in eo, quem imitabitur, ea
diligentissime persequatur; tum accedat exercitatio, qua
illum, quem delegerit, imitando effingat atque exprimat, non
ut multos imitatores saepe cognovi, qui aut ea, quae facilia
sunt, aut etiam illa, quae insignia ac paene vitiosa, consectantur
imitando.
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