at nunc mediocritatem meam manet longe diversa condicio, cui per suspiriosas voragines et flagitiorum volutabra gradienti professionis huiusce pondus impactum est; et prius quam ulli bonorum reddam discentis obsequium, cogor debere ceteris docentis officium.
But in the present case a very different situation confronts my unworthy self, for the responsibilities of this sacred calling were thrust upon me while I strayed amid the lamentable gulfs and sloughs of iniquity; and before rendering to any righteous man the allegiance of a learner, I am perforce called upon to discharge for others the duty of an instructor.
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