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At
all events, I am well aware that this is frequently asked, (as I must remind you of those
things which do not occur to yourself,) how it is, if the right of citizenship cannot be taken
away, that our citizens have often gone to the Latin colonies. They have gone either of their
own accord, or in consequence of some penalty inflicted by the law; though if they would have
submitted to the penalty, they might have remained in the city.
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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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