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καὶ ταῦτα προστάττουσιν οὔθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἀκηκοότες τοιαύτας ποιουμένων τὰς ὑποσχέσεις, οὔτ᾽ ἐν ταῖς ἄλλαις τέχναις καὶ παιδείαις οὐδὲν ἑωρακότες τούτων συμβαῖνον, ἀλλὰ μόλις μὲν ἡμῖν τὰς ἐπιστήμας παραγιγνομένας, οὐχ ὁμοίως δ᾽ ἀλλήλοις ὅ τι ἂν μάθωμεν ἐξεργαζομένους, ἀλλὰ δύο μὲν ἢ τρεῖς ἐξ ἁπάντων τῶν διδασκαλείων ἀγωνιστὰς γιγνομένους, τοὺς δ᾽ ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν ἰδιώτας ἀπαλλαττομένους.
Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.
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