Quin etiam multis solis redeuntibus annis anulus in digito subter tenuatur habendo, stilicidi casus lapidem cavat, uncus aratri ferreus occulto decrescit vomer in arvis, strataque iam volgi pedibus detrita viarum saxea conspicimus; tum portas propter aena signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari saepe salutantum tactu praeterque meantum haec igitur minui, cum sint detrita, videmus; sed quae corpora decedant in tempore quoque, invida praeclusit specimen natura videndi.
Moreover, with many revolutions of the suns year, a ring on the finger is thinned underneath by wear, the fall of drippings hollows a stone, the curved ploughshare of iron imperceptibly dwindles away in the fields, and the stony pavement of the roads we see already to be rubbed away by mens feet; again, bronze statues set by gateways display the right hands thinned away by the frequent touch of greeting from those who pass by. These therefore we observe to be growing less because they are rubbed away; but what particles are separated on each occasion, our niggardly faculty of sight has debarred us from proving.
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