et licet in persona unius eiusdemque tempore suo principis viri castrensis oratoriaeque scientiae cura certaverit ferme gloria aequipari, idem tamen numquam se satis duxit in utriusque artis arce compositum, priusquam vestri Arpinatis testimonio ceteris mortalibus anteferretur.
And although in the person of one and the same man, the leading man of his time, the studies of military and oratorical science strove to win almost equal glory, yet he never considered himself properly settled on the summit of both accomplishments until the testimony of your friend from Arpinum pronounced him superior to all other mortals.
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