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But who says that the estate of Varro at Casinum was ever sold at all? who ever saw any notice of that
auction? who ever heard the voice of the auctioneer? You say that you sent a man
to Alexandria to buy it of
Caesar. It was too long to wait for Caesar himself to come! But who ever heard
(and there was no man about whose safety more people were anxious) that any part
whatever of Varro's property had been confiscated? What? what shall we say if
Caesar even wrote you that you were to give it up? What can be said strong
enough for such enormous impudence? Remove for a while those swords which we see
around us. You shall now see that the cause of Caesar's auctions is one thing
and that of your confidence and rashness is another. For not only shall the
owner drive you from that estate, but any one of his friends, or neighbors, or
hereditary connections, and any agent, will have the right to do so.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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