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XLIV.

It ^[4888] is not an easy thing for a soul, under the influence of error, to be persuaded of the contrary opinion.

[4888] We give this brief fragment as it appears in the editions of Stieren, Migne, and Harvey, who speculate as to its origin. They seem to have overlooked the fact that it is the Greek original of the old Latin, non facile est ab errore apprehensam resipiscere animam,--a sentence found towards the end of book iii. chap. ii.

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