Moral Letters Vol III

15.

By these words, and words of a like kind, the malignity of the ulcer is quieted down; and I hope indeed that it can be reduced, and either cured or brought to a stop, and grow old along with the patient himself.

I am, however, comfortable in my mind regarding him; what we are now discussing is our own loss—the taking-off of a most excellent old man.

For he himself has lived a full life, and anything additional may be craved by him, not for his own sake, but for the sake of those who need his services.