ABSTRACT

If a good man’s service of his home town had any limit or terminus, then by now I might deserve to excuse myself worthily from my duties to it. On the contrary, though, one’s affection and gratitude for one’s city grows as each day passes; and the nearer life approaches to its end, the more one desires to leave it flourishing and secure. That is why I am delighted before all else to be conducting this discussion with a man who is thoroughly well educated.1