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Wherefore, O conscript fathers, let the worthless be gone,—let them separate
themselves from the good,—let them collect in one place,—let them, as I
have often said before, be separated from us by a wall; let them cease to plot against the
consul in his own house,—to surround the tribunal of the city praetor,—to
besiege the senate-house with swords,—to prepare brands and torches to burn the
city; let it, in short, be written on the brow of every citizen, what are his sentiments
about the republic. I promise you this, O conscript fathers, that there shall be so much
diligence in us the consuls, much authority in you, so much virtue in the Roman knights, so
much unanimity in all good men, that you shall see everything made plain and manifest by the
departure of Catiline,—everything checked and punished.
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