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These are
the battles of Cornelius. Such were his exertions; such was his industry;
such were his dangers encountered on behalf of our republic; such was his
valour, worthy of a general; while his hopes were hopes of a reward in
proportion to his dangers. The rewards themselves are not the actions of him
who obtained them, but of him who conferred them.
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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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