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And, furthermore I give my vote that the most simple honors be decreed to Marcus
Lepidus as a reward for his eminent services to the republic. He has at all
times wished the Roman people to be free; and he gave the greatest proof of his
inclination and opinion on that day, when, while Antonius was placing the diadem
on Caesar's head, he turned his face away, and by his groans and sorrow showed
plainly what a hatred of slavery he had, how desirous he was for the Roman
people to be free, and how he had endured those things which he had endured,
more because of the necessity of the times, than because they harmonized with
his sentiments. And who of us can forget with what great moderation he behaved
during that crisis of the city which ensued after the death of Caesar? These are
great merits; but I hasten to speak of greater still.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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