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“And again, since it is evident that we could not endure the heat or the cold if it came suddenly,1 the sun's approach and retreat are so gradual that we arrive at the one or the other extreme imperceptibly.”“For myself,” exclaimed Euthydemus, “I begin to doubt whether after all the gods are occupied in any other work than the service of man. The one difficulty I feel is that the lower animals also enjoy these blessings.”
1 Cyropaedia VI. ii. 29.
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