Canto XXVI

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Historic engraving depicting Dante and Virgil in the eighth circle of Hell.
Dante & Virgilio for Paul Gustav Doré

Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza

Consider your origin; ye were not made to live as brutes, but to pursue virtue and knowledge.

諸君の生まれを考えてみよ。 諸君は、獣のように生きるべく生まれついてはいない。 徳と知を求めるべく生を授かったのだ

Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto XXVI, vv. 118–120