8503. 'Eat it today' means making it their own for ever. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 3168, 3513 (end), 3596, 4745; and from the meaning of 'today' as for ever, dealt with in 2838, 3998, 4304, 6165, 6984.
Studere hoc loco
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Dare:
