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But what am I arguing about? why do I keep on disputing at greater length? I
appeal to you, O Quintus Petillius, a most virtuous and fearless citizen; I
call you to witness, O Marcus Cato; whom some heavenly interposition has
given me for judges. You have heard from Marcus Favonius, and you heard it
too while Clodius was alive, that he, Clodius, had said to him that Milo
would die within three days,—and on the third day the deed which
he had mentioned was put in execution. When he did not hesitate to reveal
what he was thinking of, can you have any doubt what he did?
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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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