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Lastly, Tarquinius
was conducting a war in defense of the Roman people at the very time when he was
expelled. Antonius was leading an army against the Roman people at the time
when, being abandoned by the legions, he cowered at the name of Caesar and at
his army, and neglecting the regular sacrifices, he offered up before daylight
vows which he could never mean to perform; and at this very moment he is
endeavoring to invade a province of the Roman people. The Roman people,
therefore, has already received and is still looking for greater services at the
hand of Decimus Brutus than our ancestors received from Lucius Brutus, the
founder of this race and name which we ought to be so anxious to preserve.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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