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The affection of the son, too, will appear to have great influence in moving us
to honor the father; for although, being overwhelmed with grief, he is not
present, still you ought to be animated with the same feelings as if he were
present. But he is in such distress, that no father ever sorrowed more over the
loss of an only son than he grieves for the death of his father. Indeed, I think
that it concerns also the fame of Servius Sulpicius the son, that he should
appear to have paid all due respect to his father. Although Servius Sulpicius
could leave no nobler monument behind him than his son, the image of his own
manners, and virtues, and wisdom, and piety, and genius; whose grief can either
be alleviated by this honor paid to his father by you, or by no consolation at
all.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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