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He is
the defendant, who remains as the only one left after the impious slaughter committed by
them. And that you may be the more easily able to understand, O judges, that what has
been done is still more infamous than what we mention, we will explain to you from the
beginning how the matter was managed, so that you may the more easily be able to
perceive both the misery of this most innocent man, and their audacity, and the calamity
of the republic.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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