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...ue studies of philosophy flourished. And so, with Charles of Lorraine reporting and pleading the cause, Ramus was restored to liberty by King Henry, released in hands and tongue, and for four years afterward he enjoyed peaceful studies. In the year 1546, in the thirty-first year of his age, he delivered an oration on combining the studies of philosophy and eloquence. He divided the duties of the profession with his brother Talaeus original: "cum Taleo fratre"—as he perpetually calls him—so that while he himself taught eloquence in the afternoon hours,
A good genius sent by God, Charles of Lorraine
Ramus's Oration on combining Philosophy and Eloquence