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Every
one, in short, shall be made aware of this fact in this cause,—that the
feelings of the Sicilians are such, that if that man be not punished, they think
that they must leave their habitations and their homes and depart from Sicily, and flee to some distant land. Will you
persuade us that these men contributed large sums of money to confer honour and
dignity on you of their own free will? I suppose, forsooth, they who did not like
you to remain in safety in your own city, wished to have memorials of your person
and name in their own cities! The facts show that they wished it. For I have been
for some time thinking that I was handling the argument about the inclination of the
Sicilians towards you too tenderly, as to whether they were desirous to erect
statues to you, or were compelled to do so.
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