1With what attention, with what eagerness, and indeed with what memory you have read my little books, your letter shows. 1So you are making work for yourself, since you draw me out and invite me to want to share as much as possible with you. 2I shall do so, but in parts and, as it were, in portions, so as not to disturb that very memory for which I thank you with constant and abundant supply, and force it, overloaded and as it were overwhelmed, to let go of single things for many, and earlier things for later. 2Farewell.
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Pliny · Epistulae IX
Pliny, Letter 9.18
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