Cum vero neque moribus neque institutis scriptorum praestantibus tribuantur honores, ipsae autem per se mentes aeris altiora prospicientes memoriarum gradibus ad caelum elatae aevo inmortali non modo sententias sed etiam figuras eorum posteris cogunt esse notas.
Thus although honour is given neither to the character nor to the excellent principles of authors, yet their minds of themselves look upon the upper air and rise to heaven by the staircase of human remembrance; throughout endless time they make not only their ideas but even their portraits familiar to posterity.
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