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Therefore that one
day on which the Roman people honoured me by escorting me with immense
numbers and loud demonstrations of joy from the gate to the Capitol, and
from the Capitol home, was so delightful to me, that that wicked violence of
yours which had driven me away appeared not to be a thing from
which I ought to have been defended, but one which it was worth my while
even to purchase. Wherefore that calamity, if it deserves to be called a
calamity, has put an end to the whole previous system of abuse, and has
prevented any one for the future from daring to find fault with my
consulship, which has now been approved of by such numerous, and such
important, and such dignified decisions, and testimonies, and authorities.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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