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What is there, in the name of gods and men! by which I can at the present moment confer
a greater benefit on the republic? What is there which either ought to be more pleasing
to the Roman people, or which can be more desirable in the eves of the allies and of
foreign nations, or more adapted to secure the safety and fortunes of all men? The
provinces depopulated, harassed, and utterly overturned; the allies and tributaries of
the Roman people afflicted and miserable, are seeking now not for any hope of safety,
but for comfort in their destruction.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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