si non omnimodis, at magna parte animai privatus, tamen in vita cunctatur et haeret; ut, lacerato oculo circum si pupula mansit incolumis, stat cernundi vivata potestas, dummodo ne totum corrumpas luminis orbem et circum caedas aciem solamque relinquas; id quoque enim sine pernicie non fiet eorum.
Deprived of a great part of the spirit, if not of all, yet he lingers and clings to life; just as when the eye is lacerated all round, if the pupil remains unhurt, there abides the lively power of seeing, provided you do not mangle the whole eyeball and cut round the pupil and leave that isolated; for that will not be done without destroying them both.
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