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And I call all the
gods, to witness, and especially those who preside over this place and temple, who see into
the minds of all those who apply themselves to affairs of state, that I am not doing this at
the request of any one, nor because I think to conciliate the favour of Cnaeus Pompeius by
taking this side, nor in order, through the greatness of any one else, to seek for myself
protection against dangers, or aids in the acquirement of honours; because, as for dangers, we
shall easily repel them, as a man ought to do, protected by our own innocence; and as for
honours, we shall not gain them by the favour of any men, nor by anything that happens in this
place, but by the same laborious course of life which I have hitherto adopted, if your
favourable inclination assists me.
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