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nec mihi videntur errare qui ipsam
rerum naturam stare ordine putant, quo confuso
peritura sint omnia. sic oratio carens hac virtute
tumultuetur necesse est et sine rectore fluitet nec
cohaereat sibi, multa repetat, multa transeat, velut
nocte in ignotis locis errans, nec initio nec fine
proposito casum potius quam consilium sequatur.
quapropter totus hic liber serviat dispositioni,1
1 dispositioni, early editors: divisioni, MSS.
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