Contemplemur nunc amicitiae vinculum potens et praevalidum neque ulla ex parte sanguinis viribus inferius, hoc etiam certius et exploratius quod illud nascendi sors, fortuitum opus, hoc uniuscuiusque solido iudicio incohata voluntas contrahit.
Now let us look at the tie of friendship. Powerful it is and very strong, no whit inferior to the force of blood, even more reliable and safe in that the latter is contracted by the accident of birth, a work of chance, the former by will beginning in solid judgment.
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