"But even more absurd is that other pronouncement of theirs which you adopted: ' At the moment of sacrifice a change in the entrails takes place; something is added or something taken away; for all things are obedient to the Divine Will.'
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yet, suppose the concession made, how is it brought about that the man
in search of favourable signs will find a sacrifice
suited to his purpose? I thought the question
insoluble. But what a fine solution is offered! I
am not ashamed of you—I am actually astonished
at your memory; but I am ashamed of Chrysippus,
Antipater, and Posidonius who say exactly what you
said: ' The choice of the sacrificial victim is directed
by the sentient and divine power which pervades the
entire universe.
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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