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Now you will understand the whole law, and perceive, that it is framed to
secure the power of a few individuals, and admirably adapted to the circumstances of Sulla's
allotments. For this man's father-in-law is a most excellent man, nor am I saying a word
against his character; but I am discussing the impudence of his son-in-law. For he wishes to
keep what he has got possession of, and does not conceal that he is one of Sulla's party.
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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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