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transtulit_fw-la e_fw-la carcere_fw-la in_o caelum_fw-la id._n ep._n 67._o aequalis_fw-la fuit_fw-la intanta_fw-la inaequalitate_fw-la fortunae_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n ep._n 104._o rutilij_fw-la innocentia_fw-la ac_fw-la virtus_fw-la lateret_fw-la nisi_fw-la accepisset_fw-la injuriam_fw-la dum_fw-la violatur_fw-la effulsit_fw-la id._n ep._n 79._o which_o make_v socrates_n a_o great_a man_n and_o which_o out_o of_o prison_n do_v transfer_v he_o to_o heaven_n or_o do_v procure_v to_o he_o that_o lofty_a esteem_n offer_v opportunity_n to_o signalise_v his_o constancy_n his_o equanimity_n his_o unconcernedness_n for_o this_o world_n and_o life_n and_o the_o virtue_n say_v he_o and_o the_o innocence_n of_o rutilius_n will_v have_v lie_v hide_v if_o it_o have_v not_o by_o condemnation_n and_o exile_n receive_v injury_n while_o it_o be_v violate_v it_o bright_o shine_v forth_o and_o he_o that_o say_v this_o of_o other_o be_v himself_o in_o nothing_o so_o illustrious_a as_o in_o handsome_o 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