etsi Apollinaris tuus cui studium in ceteris rebus est in hac certe neglegentissimus, quippe qui perexiguum lectione teneatur vel coactus vel voluntarius, quantum tamen mihi videtur, qui patribus his iungi non recusaverim, quorum studio voto timori laudabile aliquid in filiis, licet difficile persuadeatur, difficilius sufficit.
It is true that your friend Apollinaris, who shows plenty of interest in other fields, is utterly listless in this one, being very little attracted by reading, either compulsory or voluntary: at least that is how it appears to me, who am quite willing to be ranked with those fathers who, however eager, ambitious, and apprehensive in their sons behalf, are slow to be convinced of any merit in their sons, and even slower to be satisfied with it.
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