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From which that was easy to be
understood which has been often said,—that as the sea, which by its own nature is
tranquil, is often agitated and disturbed by the violence of the winds, so, too, the Roman
people is, when left to itself, placable, but is easily roused by the language of seditious
men, as by the most violent storm.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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