Letter 978: Libanius recommends Gerontius, a promising son of a good father, for Eleusinius' help.

This Gerontius is the son of a good father, and he is doing what his father did. He came to me and took up the same labors his father used, though he does not yet speak like him; perhaps, in equal time, he will reach the same ability. Whether he can return again to the same studies is in your power, and only from you could this come to him. You alone could heal the wounds his affairs have suffered. When he heard about them through letters, letters full of lamentation, he threw aside his books in tears, gave himself to the road, and told us he would return quickly. I believed this would be true, not because I saw such power in the young man, for what power could he have and where would it come from? I believed it because of your nature and judgment, by which you can accomplish what you lead, if you help an educated man acquire eloquence.