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For although there is nothing more to be wished for by man
than prosperous, equal, continual good-fortune in life, flowing on in a prosperous course,
without any misadventure; still, if all my life had been tranquil and peaceful, I should have
been deprived of the incredible and almost heavenly delight and happiness which I now enjoy
through your kindness. What sweeter thing has been given to the race of man, or to each
individual, by nature, than his own children? To me especially, mine, on account of my
affectionate nature, and on account of their own excellent qualities, are dearer to me than my
life. And yet I did not feel that pleasure when they were born, that I feel now when they are
restored to me.
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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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