Denique non lapides quoque vinci cernis ab aevo, non altas turris ruere et putrescere saxa, non delubra deum simulacraque fessa fatisci, nec sanctum numen fati protollere finis posse neque adversus naturae foedera niti? denique non monimenta virum dilapsa videmus, quaerere proporro sibi cumque senescere credas, non ruere avolsos silices a montibus altis nec validas aevi vires perferre patique finiti? neque enim caderent avolsa repente, ex infinito quae tempore pertolerassent omnia tormenta aetatis privata fragore.
Again, do you not see that even stones are conquered by time, that tall turrets fall and rocks crumble, that the gods temples and their images wear out and crack, nor can their holy divinity carry forward the boundaries of fate, or strive against natures laws? Again, do Ave not see the monuments of men fall to pieces, [asking whether you believe that they in their tum must grow old?] Do we not see lumps of rock roll down torn from the lofty mountains, too weak to bear and endure the mighty force of time finite? For they would not fall thus suddenly torn off, if they had endured all through from time infinite all the wrenchings of the ages without breaking up.
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