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They do indeed propose it,
“after having liberated Brutus,”—for those were
the last words of the proposal; say rather, after having deserted, abandoned,
and betrayed him.
But I say that any mention whatever of any provinces has been made at a most
unseasonable time. For although your mind, O Caius Pansa, be ever so intent, as
indeed it is, on effecting the liberation of the most brave and illustrious of
all men, still the nature of things would compel you inevitably sometimes to
turn your thoughts to the idea of pursuing Antonius, and to divert some portion
of your care and attention to Asia and
Syria But if it were possible I could wish you to have more minds than one and
yet to direct them all upon Mutina.
But since that is impossible, I do wish you, with that most virtuous and all
accomplished mind which you have got, to think of nothing but Brutus.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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