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But, as I had no relations, since I could not make them for
myself, to stand forward and avert my misfortune by their entreaties, on the other hand, (and
that was no more than my virtue was entitled to procure for me,) I had so many men to urge and
promote my restoration, that in the number of them and in the credit derivable from their
numbers I far exceeded all those who had previously had a similar fate. Never was there any
mention made in the senate of Publius Popillius, a most illustrious and gallant citizen; nor
of Quintus Metellus, a most noble, wise, and consistent man; nor even of Caius Marius, the
guardian of your state and of your empire.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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