Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume VIII/The Letters/Letter 352

Libanius to Basil.

!&#160; I have sent you my speech, all streaming with sweat as I am!&#160; How should I be otherwise, when sending my speech to one who by his skill in oratory is able to shew that the wisdom of Plato and the ability of Demosthenes were belauded in vain?&#160; I feel like a gnat compared with an elephant.&#160; How I shiver and shake, as I reckon up the day when you will inspect my performance I am almost out of my wits!