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Letter XIII. 1890
To Olympius.
As all the fruits of the season come to us in their proper time, flowers in spring, corn in summer, and apples 1891
in autumn, so the fruit for winter is talk.
Footnotes
124:1890
Placed with the preceding.
124:1891
μῆλον. But, like the Latin malum, this word served for more than we mean by “apple.” So the malum Cydonium was quince, the malum Persicum, peach, etc.
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