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Hast thou met with any unfor  tunate success '? Hath calumny bit, or envy hissed at thee ? There is yet a prosperous gale, which sits fair to convey thee to the port of the Muses and land thee at the Academy. This Plato did, after he made shipwreck of the friendship of Diogenes. HAST THOU MET WITH ANY UNFORTUNATE SUCCESS HAS CALUMNY BIT OR ENVY HISSED AT THEE THERE IS YET A PROSPEROUS GALE WHICH SITS FAIR TO CONVEY THEE TO THE PORT OF THE MUSES AND LAND THEE AT THE ACADEMY THIS PLATO DID AFTER HE MADE SHIPWRECK OF THE FRIENDSHIP OF DIAGENES
en he heard that the only ship he had left was sunk by an unmerciful tempest, with all the rich cargo that was in her, brake out into this exclamation : Fortune, I applaud thy contrivance, wdio by this means hast reduced me to a threadbare cloak OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND. 143 and the piazza of the Stoics. AVhat hinders then but that these examples should be the patterns of our imitation] Thou stoodst candidate for a place in the government, and wast baulked in thy hopes ; consider that thou wilt live at ease in thy own country, following thy own affairs. Thou wast ambitious to be the confidant of some great person, and sufFeredst a repulse ; thou \vilt gain thus much by it, that thou wilt be free from danger and disembarrassed from business. Again, hast thou managed any affairs full of intricacy and trouble ? Hot water doth not so much cher- ish the soft members of the body, as Pindar* expresseth it, as glory and honor joined with poAver sweeten all our toils and make labor easy. BAD FOR HIM FOR OF AN EXILE HE BECAME A PHILOSOPHER ZENO OF SIDIUM WHEN HE HEARD THAT THE ONLY SHIP HE HAD LEFT WAS SUNK BY AN UNMERCIFUL TEMPEST WITH ALL THE RICH CARGO THAT WAS IN HER BRAKE OUT INTO THIS EXCLAMATION FORTUNE I APPLAUD THY CONTRIVANCE WHO BY THIS MEANS HAST REDUCED ME TO A THREADBARE CLOAK IN THE PIAZZA OF THE STOICS WHAT HINDERS THEN BUT THAT THESE EXAMPLES SHOULD BE THE PATTERNS OF OUR IMITATION THOU STOODST CANDIDATE FOR A PLACE IN THE GOVERNMENT AND WAST BAULKED IN THY HOPES CONSIDER THAT THOU WILT LIVE AT EASE IN THY OWN COUNTRY FOLLOWING THY OWN AFFAIRS THOU WAST AMBITIOUS TO BE THE CONFIDANT OF SOME GREAT PERSON AND SUFFERED SO REPULSE THOU WILT GAIN THUS MUCH BY IT THAT THOU WILT BE FREE FROM DANGER AND DISEMBARRASSED FROM BUSINESS AGAIN HAST THOU MANAGED ANY AFFAIRS FULL OF INTRICACY AND TROUBLE HOT WATER DOTH NOT SO MUCH CHERISH THE SOFT MEMBERS OF THE BODY AS PINDAR EXPRESSETH IT AS GLORY AND HONOUR JOINED WITH POWER SWEETEN ALL OUR TOILS AND MAKE LABOR EASY
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