Whatsoever place or post You assign me, sooner will I die a thousand deaths, as Socrates said, than desert it.
And where will You have me to be? At Rome or Athens? At Thebes or on a desert island? Only remember me there!
Should You send me where man cannot live as Nature would have him, I will depart, not in disobedience to You, but as though You were sounding the signal for my retreat. I am not deserting You—far be that from me! I only perceive that You need me no longer.
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