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But if he, out of his regard for the interests of the republic, does not
hasten to the enjoyment of that extraordinary good fortune which is in store
for him, preferring to remain and finish everything; what ought I to do as a
senator,—I, who ought to think only of the advantage of the
republic, even if his wishes were opposed to it? For I feel, O
conscript fathers, that we at this time, while engaged in decreeing
provinces to the consuls, ought to have a regard to the preservation of
perpetual peace.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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