Professors XXV. — Conclusion

Know that these men, of whom you read in order after the exordium of my book, were once teachers in my native place, some of grammar, some of rhetoric, and some of both. They are dead, and it is enough that I have recalled their memories. For the living praise is a lure: to but cry their names will satisfy those within the tomb. Wherefore, do you, who in my pages read these mournful trifles, not look for pomp of words but for the affection wherewith my reverent care makes offering to famous and learned men, while it recalls the glories of my splendid native land.