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And therefore I do not
ask of you what it is very important to ask, in order that I may not seem to
throw any doubts on your wisdom or your humanity; but I must beg of you not
to feel any hatred towards genius, not to be enemies of industry, not to
think that humanity deserves to be oppressed, or virtue to be punished. This
I beg also; that if you see that my client's cause is of itself a sound and
just one, you will allow his personal good qualities and accomplishments to
be an assistance to him now that he is on his trial, rather than a
hindrance.
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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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