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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: genial influence best upon us.
[14] A single MS. inserts a passage {to de kai era . . .
'Anekphraston}.
[15] i.e. as we say, "after the winter solstice."
Yes, upon my word (he answered), these occurrences bear the impress of
being so ordered for the sake of man.
Soc. And then, again, it being manifest that we could not endure
either scorching heat or freezing cold if they came suddenly upon us,
note how gradually the sun approaches, and how gradually recedes, so
that we fail to notice how we come at last to either extreme.[16]
[16] Or, "note the gradual approach and gradual recession of the sun-
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