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Wherefore, as the war is at the same time so necessary
that it cannot be neglected, so important that it must be conducted with the greatest care;
and since you have it in your power to appoint a general to conduct it, in whom there is the
most perfect knowledge of war, the most extraordinary valour, the most splendid personal
influence, and the most eminent good fortune, can you hesitate, O Romans, to apply this
wonderful advantage which is offered you and given you by the immortal gods, to the
preservation and increase of the power of the republic?
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