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THEN when every one else was passed over because of the universal
panic, this great chief was persuaded to undertake the ambassage. He
took no heed of the dispute which has been related, nor of the ill
feeling which it had engendered, and readily set out for Thrace. No
sooner did Gainas hear of the arrival of the envoy than he bethought
him of the bold utterance which he had made on behalf of true religion.
He came eagerly froth a great distance to meet him, placed his right
hand upon his eyes, and brought his children to his saintly knees. So
is it the nature of goodness to put even those who are most opposed to
it to the blush and vanquish them. But envy could not endure the
bright rays of his philosophy. It put in practice its wonted wiles and
deprived of his eloquence and his wisdom the imperial city, aye indeed
the whole world.
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