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For who would be troublesome to you, or who
would dare to bring an action against you, when he saw statues erected to you by
traders, by agriculturists, by the common voice of all Sicily? What other class of men is there in that
province?—None. Therefore he is not only loved, but even honored by the
whole province, and also by each separate portion of it, according to their class.
Who will dare to touch this man? Can you then say that the evidence of
agriculturists, of traders, and of all the Sicilians against you, ought to be no
objection to you, when you hoped to be able to extinguish all your unpopularity and
infamy by placing their names in an inscription on your statues? Or, if you
attempted to add honour to your statues by their authority, shall I not be able to
corroborate my argument by the dignity of those same men?
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