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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
7.
But it becomes your prudence, O conscript fathers, to provide as far forward as
possible for posterity. That is the object for which we were placed in this
garrison, and as it were on this watch-tower; that by our vigilance and
foresight we might keep the Roman people free from fear. It would be a shameful
thing, especially in so clear a case as this, for it to be notorious that wisdom
was wanting to the chief council of the whole world.
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We have such consuls, there is such eagerness on the part
of the Roman people, we have such a unanimous feeling of all Italy in our favor, such generals, and such
armies, that the republic cannot possibly suffer any disaster without the senate
being in fault. I, for my part, will not be wanting. I will warn you, I will
forewarn you, I will give you notice, I will call gods and men to witness what I
do really believe. Nor will I display my good faith alone, which perhaps may
seem to be enough, but which in a chief citizen is not enough; I will exert all
my care, and prudence, and vigilance.
I have spoken about danger. I will now proceed to prove to you that it is not
possible for peace to be firmly cemented; for of the propositions which I
promised to establish this is the last.
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