Quid faciam tam rudibus, tam barbaris? Doceam rursum haec et multo plura alia nomina in bibliothecis publicis apud clarissimos scriptores me legisse? An disputem longe aliud esse notitiam nominum, aliud artis eiusdem communionem, nec debere doctrinae instrumentum et eruditionis memoriam pro confessione criminis haberi? An, quod multo praestabilius est, tua doctrina, Claudi Maxime, tuaque perfecta eruditione fretus contemnam stultis et impolitis ad haec respondere? Ita potius faciam; quid illi existiment, nauci non putabo.
How shall I manage such peasants, such boors? Shall I tell them yet again that I have read these names and very many more in public libraries and in the best known authors? Or shall I argue that knowing names is a far different thing from sharing the same profession, and that to be supplied with knowledge and to recall ones learning should not be counted as tantamount to confessing a crime? Or, as is more desirable, shall I rely on your knowledge and your peerless erudition, and not deign to answer stupid, uncivilized folk on these subjects?
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