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Moral Letters Vol II

Seneca

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On Scipio's villa

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Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.

Book Description: The second volume of Seneca's moral letters to Lucilius. Each letter contains Seneca's advice and wisdom won from a life of Roman politics.

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This too I have seen recently—an aged vine transplanted from its own plantation.

In this case, the fibres also should be gathered together, if possible, and then you should cover up the vine-stem more generously, so that roots may spring up even from the stock.

I have seen such plantings made not only in February, but at the very end of March; the plants take hold of and embrace alien elms.