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And at that very time when Sestius had released
Capua from fear, and the
senate and all good men, by the detection and crushing of all domestic
enemies, had, under my guidance, delivered the city from the greatest
dangers, I sent letters to summon him from Capua with that army which he had at that time with him.
And the moment he had read the letters, he flew to the city with
inconceivable rapidity. And in order that you may thoroughly call to mind
the atrocity of those times, listen to the letters, and stir up your
memories to a contemplation of the time that is gone by. [The letters of
Cicero, the consul, are read.]
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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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