Plurimum laudis iuvenes nostri moribus suis applicant quotiens de negotiorum meritis ambigentes ad peritorum consilia decurrunt, sicuti nunc vir clarissimus Theodorus, domi quidem nobilis, sed modestissimae conversationis opinione generosior, qui per litteras meas ad tuas litteras, id est ad meracissimum scientiae fontem laudabili aviditate proficiscitur, non modo reperturus illic ipse quod discat sed et forsitan relaturus inde quod doceat.
Our young men reflect great credit on their character when, being uncertain how they stand in certain matters of business, they have recourse to the counsels of the experienced. So it is at the present moment with Theodorus, a man of the class of Honourable, who is a nobleman by birth, but also has the still higher rank derived from the reputation of a well-disciplined life. With my letter to introduce him, he is now betaking himself, with laudable eagerness, to your lettered erudition, that is, to the purest possible fount of knowledge, in the hope not only of finding there something for himself to learn but also perhaps of carrying away something to teach others.
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