Section 2
Original Latin
ac ne quis a nobis hoc ita dici forte miretur, quod alia quaedam in hoc facultas sit ingeni neque haec dicendi ratio aut disciplina, ne nos quidem huic uni studio penitus umquam dediti fuimus. etenim omnes artes quae ad humanitatem pertinent habent quoddam commune vinclum et quasi cognatione quadam inter se continentur.
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Latin in Clark’s 1911 edition; source-language model review recorded. Perseus transcription: CC BY-SA 4.0, credited to the Perseus Project, Tufts University.
And let no one be surprised that I speak this way because his talent lies in a different field, rather than in this discipline and practice of speaking. I myself have never been wholly devoted to this one pursuit alone. Indeed, all the arts that cultivate our humanity have a common bond and are joined to one another by a kind of kinship.
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Latin, not from the Musean edition; source-language model review recorded. Perseus transcription: CC BY-SA 4.0, credited to the Perseus Project, Tufts University.
No one should be surprised that I say this because his gifts belong to another field, not to the practice and training of a public speaker. I myself have never devoted my whole attention to this one subject. All the arts that develop our humanity have a common bond. They are connected to one another almost like members of a family.
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