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And I have been induced by
their testimony in his behalf, and by their entreaties, to offer him my
service now, which he has so well deserved, and which on my part is only a
repayment of just and reasonable gratitude. And I hope, O judges, as you
love and consider dear to you those men who were the chief agents in my
preservation and safety, and in the restoration of my dignity, that so also
the things which were done by this man to the extent of his power and of the
opportunities which were afforded him, will be grateful to and approved of
by you. He, then, is not now attacked by his own enemies, for he has none,
but by those of his friends; enemies who are both numerous and powerful; men
whom yesterday Cnaeus Pompeius, in a very eloquent and dignified oration,
desired to come forward and contend with him if they chose, but to abandon
the unequal contest and unjust persecution which they were carrying on
against this man.
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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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