portus ipsos, si quis modo mutis rebus inest sensus, tantam in eodem homine varietatem status admiratos arbitror: quem enim diurnas capturas exigentem animadverterant, eundem iura dantem classesque et exercitus regentem viderunt.
I think the very harbours, if dumb things have feelings, were astonished at such a variety of status in the same individual. They watched a man they had seen pulling in his daily takings sitting in judgment and commanding fleets and armies.
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