Excerpt from The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Vol. 3 of 5 The work of time. But we cannot think, without much concern, of being longer separated from one whose agreeable company we learn to value by the regret we feel at his absence. However, notwith standing I wish most earnestly to see you, yet I con jure you not to undertake so long a voyage, till the season and your health shall render it safe. A ten der constitution can ill defend itself against the se ver'ity of the weather, even when sheltered under the covert of a warm roof, much less when exposed to all the inclemencies both of sea and land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.