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There is a third time that during which he
remained in Africa after the arrival of Varus; and if that is at all
criminal, the crime is one of necessity, not of inclination. Would he, if he
could possibly have escaped thence by any means whatever, would he rather
have been at Utica than at Rome,—with Publius Attius, in
preference to his own most united brothers,—would he rather have
been among strangers, than with his own friends? When his lieutenancy itself
had been full of regret and anxiety on account of the extraordinary
affection subsisting between him and his brothers, could he possibly remain
there with any equanimity when separated from those brothers by the discord
of war?
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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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