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Array now, O Romans, against these splendid troops of Catiline, your guards and your
armies; and first of all oppose to that worn-out and wounded gladiator your consuls and
generals; then against that banished and enfeebled troop of ruined men lead out the flower
and strength of all Italy instantly the cities of
the colonies and municipalities will match the rustic mounds of Catiline; and I will not
condescend to compare the rest of your troops and equipments and guards with the want and
destitution of that highwayman.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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