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High authorities surround you which
will not suffer you to forget your family credit; which will remind you day and
night that your father was a most brave man, your grandfather a most wise one, and
your father-in-law a most worthy man. Wherefore, if you have inherited the vigour
and energy of your father Glabrio in resisting audacious men; if you have inherited
the prudence of your grandfather Scaevola in foreseeing intrigues which are prepared
against your fame and that of your fellow-judges; if you have any share of the
constancy of your father-in-law Scaurus, so that no one can move you from your
genuine and deliberate opinion, the Roman people will understand that with an
upright and honourable praetor, and a carefully selected bench of judges, abundance
of wealth has more influence in bringing a criminal into suspicion, than in
contributing to his safety.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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