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He afterwards assisted my great enemy in passing over to the ranks of the
plebeians, either because he was angry with me when he saw that I could not
be allured, not even by all his kindness, to unite with him, or because he
was unable to withstand the entreaties of Clodius. And even that was no
injury to me in his opinion; for he afterwards not only advised but actually
entreated me to act as his lieutenant. Even that I would not accept; not
because I thought it inconsistent with my dignity, but because I had no
suspicion that such wicked designs against the republic were entertained by
the succeeding consuls as afterwards proved to be.
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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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