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so that also, which has been
used to be an assistance to me in other causes, is wanting to me in this one; for in
proportion to my want of ability, have I endeavoured to make amends for that want by
industry, and unless time and space be given to one, it cannot be seen how great his
industry is. But the greater our disadvantages, O Caius Aquillius, are, with so much the
more favourable a disposition ought you, and those who are your colleagues in this
trial, to listen to our words, that the truth, though weakened by many disadvantages,
may be at last reestablished by the equity of such men as you.
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