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The task of fashioning the young is made up of many parts, the first and consequently the most important of which consists of implanting seeds of piety in the tender heart; the second in instilling love for, and thorough knowledge of, the liberal arts; the third in giving instruction in the duties of life; the fourth in training in good manners right from the very earliest years. This last I have now taken up as my special task. For others as well as I have written at great length on the other aspects I have mentioned. Now although external decorum of the body proceeds from a well-ordered mind, yet we observe that sometimes even upright and learned men lack social grace because they have not been taught properly. It is seemly for the whole man to be well ordered in...
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