multa quidem omnibus saeculis exempla edidit, ad quam usque fortunam homines ingenii viribus pervenerint, sed haec, ut supra dixi, proxima et quae non auditu cognoscenda, sed oculis spectanda  haberemus.
In all ages the divine influence and supernatural power of eloquence have given us many illustrations of the high position to which men have climbed by sheer intellectual capacity; but these are cases which, as I have said already, come home to us, and it has been vouchsafed us to see them with our own eyes instead of learning of them by hearsay.
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