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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
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He asserts that the body of his stepfather was not allowed burial by me. But this
is an assertion that was never made by Publius Clodius, a man whom, as I was
deservedly an enemy of his, I grieve now to see surpassed by you in every sort
of vice. But how could it occur to you to recall to our recollection that you
had been educated in the house of Publius Lentulus? Were you afraid that we
might think that you could have turned out as infamous as you are by the mere
force of nature, your natural qualities had not been strengthened by education?
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