I am grateful to my old age for this reason alone, because it has prolonged my life to this moment, so that the dreams of my youth, which I attempted to commit to writing both in my PanegyricusThe Panegyricus was published in 380 B.C. Isocrates was then 56 years of age, but had begun is composition many years before. and in the discourse which was sent to you, I am now seeing in part already coming to fulfillment through your achievements and in part I have hopes of their future realization.See General Introd., Vol. I, p. x.