A Dedication
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AN EMBLEM
Parva velut limax spreto Remora impete venti,
Remorumque, ratem sistere sola potest:
Sic quosdam ingenio et virtute ad sidera vectos
Detinet in medio tramite caussa levis.
Anxia lis veluti est, vel qui meretricius ardor
Egregiis iuvenes sevocat a studiis.
Small as a snail, the remora is able by itself to stop a ship.
It’s disdainful of the force of wind and oars.
So some petty circumstance can check in mid-career certain men who are, by genius and by virtue, headed for the stars.
Likewise a tormenting law-suit, or a passion for a prostitute, draws youths from their distinguished studies.
A PLACE TO CELEBRATE 
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