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As for me, O
judges, I am dispirited and almost killed by those expressions of Milo,
which I hear continually; and at the utterance of which I am daily present:
“May my fellow-citizens fare well,” says he;
“may they fare well. May they be safe, and prosperous, and happy;
may this illustrious city, and my country, which I love so well, long
endure, however it may treat me; may my fellow-citizens (since I may not
enjoy it with them) enjoy the republic in tranquillity without me, but still
in consequence of my conduct. I will submit and depart; if it cannot be
allowed me to enjoy a virtuous republic, at least I shall be at a distance
from a bad one; and the first well regulated and free city that I arrive at
in that will I rest. Oh how vain,” says he, “are the
labours which I have undertaken! Oh how fallacious have been my hopes!
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