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Φιρμῖνος δὲ ἐκεῖνος ὡς πανταχοῦ διετέλεσε κρατῶν εὖ οἶδα, ἐντεῦθεν γὰρ αὐτῷ τῶν λόγων ἡ δύναμις, πολλῶν δὲ ἐπαίνων ἀπολαύσας οὐκ οἶδα ὅτι πώποτε τηλικούτων, ἡλίκων νῦν ἐν τοῖς σοῖς ἀκήκοα γράμμασι. τὸ γὰρ μηδένα ἂν τὴν ἐκείνου δόξαν ὑπερβάλλεσθαι σὲ τὸν λέγοντα εἶναι πόσον τι χρὴ νομίζειν…","divisions":[{"label":"2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-2"},{"label":"3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-3"},{"label":"4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-4"},{"label":"5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-5"},{"label":"6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-6"},{"label":"7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-7"},{"label":"8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-8"},{"label":"9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-9"},{"label":"10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-10"},{"label":"11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-11"},{"label":"12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-12"},{"label":"13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-13"},{"label":"14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-14"},{"label":"15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-15"},{"label":"16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-16"},{"label":"17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-17"},{"label":"18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-18"},{"label":"19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-19"},{"label":"20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-20"},{"label":"21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-21"},{"label":"22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-22"},{"label":"23","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-23"},{"label":"24","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-24"},{"label":"25","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-25"},{"label":"26","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-26"},{"label":"Section 26","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/#tlg2200-tlg003-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2200.tlg003.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2200/tlg003/local001.json.gz"}}