BOOK V
taking his leave reclaimed his foster-child's top, not forgetting that it was but a top, so do thou here also.[1] Since indeed thou art found haranguing on the hustings, O Man, hast thou forgotten what this really means? Aye, but people will have it. Must thou too be a fool in consequence?
Time was that wheresoever forsaken[2] I was a man well-portioned; but that man well-portioned is he that hath given himself a good portion; and good portions are good phases of the soul, good impulses, good actions.
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