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And yet it
would not seem so disastrous for us that these things should exist in the highest degree
in the other party, if they existed also to a moderate extent in us; but the fact is,
that I, who have neither sufficient experience nor much ability, am brought into
comparison with a most eloquent advocate; and that Publius Quinctius, who has but small
influence, no riches, and few friends, is contending with a most influential adversary.
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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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