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At the former trial I kept all my stings sheathed; but
since, in that same previous trial, he thought it a part of his duty to show no
forbearance whatever to his adversary, how ought I to act, I, a Tullius for another Tullius, a
man kindred to me in disposition not less than in name? And it seems to me, O judges, that I
have more need to feel anxious as to whether my conduct will be approved in having said
nothing against him before, than blamed for the reply I now make to him.
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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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