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that man from
whom, while a young man and a Roman knight, the senate had often sought aid
for the general safety; whose exploits had had all nations for their stage,
being crowned everywhere by the most illustrious victories, both by land and
sea; of which three triumphs had been the witnesses, proving that the whole
world was made subject to our empire; whom the Roman people
had distinguished with unexampled honours, in that case if it were now said
among you that anything that he had done had been done in contravention of a
treaty, who would listen to such a statement? No one. For his death would
have put an end to the envy of him, his achievements would rest in the glory
of his undying name. As then his virtue, if it were only heard of by us,
would leave no room for doubt or question, shall it when present among us,
when it has been experienced and beheld by ourselves, be injured by the
voice of detractors?
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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