non enim minus laudi feretur aduescentem vel, quod est pulchrius, paene adhuc puerum de palaestra publici examinis tam morum referre suffragia quam litterarum.
I say your modesty, for it will be considered no less to your honour that a young man or, more creditable still, one scarcely more than a boy, should carry off from the competition of a public examination the highest marks for character as well as for literary excellence.
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