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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
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These men, then, appeared likely to have some
reason for exhorting us to peace, which they had done for some time. The consul,
too, added the weight of his exhortation; and what a consul! If we look for
prudence, one who was not easily to be deceived; if for virtue and courage, one
who would never admit of peace unless Antonius submitted and confessed himself
to be vanquished; if for greatness of mind, one who would prefer death to
slavery. You too, O conscript fathers, appeared to be induced to think not of
accepting but of imposing conditions, not so much because you were forgetful of
your most important and dignified resolutions, as because you had hopes
suggested you of a surrender on the part of Antonius, which his friends
preferred to call peace. My own hopes, and I imagine yours also, were increased
by the circumstance of my hearing that the family of Antonius was overwhelmed
with distress, and that his wife was incessantly lamenting. And in this
assembly, too, I saw that the partisans, on whose countenance my eyes are always
dwelling looked more sorrowful than usual.
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