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1. To my discourse in the former problem some objection may be drawn from the sense of seeing in old men; for, if they hold a book at a distance, they will read pretty well, nearer they cannot see a letter. This Aeschylus means by these verses:
Behold from far; for near thou canst not see; A good old scribe thou mayst much sooner be.