at postquam aemulos eius nihil vidi amplius quam silere, atque eos maxume, qui fidem fovent Arianorum, neque quippiam nominato, licet necdum nostrae professionis, inlicitum opponi, animum adverti exactissimum virum posse censeri, de quo civis malus loqui, bonus tacere non posset.
but when I found that his opponents, and in particular the adherents of the Arian faith, contented themselves with silence, and that no lawful disqualification was alleged against the nominee, though he is not yet a member of our profession, I saw that the man, about whom bad citizens could not say a word and good citizens could not keep silence, might justly be regarded as of supreme excellence.
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