[Africanus' apparition continues:] "But so that you, Africanus, may be more eager to defend the republic, consider this: To all who maintain, support, and build up their country, there exists a certain spot in the heavens where the blessed enjoy everlasting life. Indeed, nothing that is being made on the earth is more pleasing to god, who reigns over the whole world, than the councils and assemblies of humanity that aim to join together in justice, which are called 'cities'; from which the rulers and preservers come and to which they return."
"Sed quo sis, Africane, alacrior ad tutandam rem publicam, sic habeto: omnibus qui patriam conservaverint adiuverint auxerint, certum esse in caelo definitum locum, ubi beati aevo sempiterno fruantur. Nihil est enim illi principi deo, qui omnem mundum regit, quod quidem in terris fiat, acceptius, quam concilia coetusque hominum iure sociati, quae civitates appellantur: harum rectores et conservatores hinc profecti huc revertuntur."
[Africanus' apparition continues:] "But so that you, Africanus, may be more eager to defend the republic, consider this: To all who maintain, support, and build up their country, there exists a certain spot in the heavens where the blessed enjoy everlasting life. Indeed, nothing that is being made on the earth is more pleasing to god, who reigns over the whole world, than the councils and assemblies of humanity that aim to join together in justice, which are called 'cities'; from which the rulers and preservers come and to which they return."
"Sed quo sis, Africane, alacrior ad tutandam rem publicam, sic habeto: omnibus qui patriam conservaverint adiuverint auxerint, certum esse in caelo definitum locum, ubi beati aevo sempiterno fruantur. Nihil est enim illi principi deo, qui omnem mundum regit, quod quidem in terris fiat, acceptius, quam concilia coetusque hominum iure sociati, quae civitates appellantur: harum rectores et conservatores hinc profecti huc revertuntur."