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Let them, therefore, cease at least to say that a
man speaks badly, if he speaks truly and with freedom; let them cease to make common
cause with Chrysogonus; let them cease to think, if he be injured, that any injury has
been done to them; let them see how shameful and miserable a thing it is that they, who
could not tolerate the splendour of the knights, should be able to endure the domination
of a most worthless slave—a domination, which, O judges, was formerly exerted
in other matters, but now you see what a road it is making for itself, what a course it
is aiming at, against your good faith, against your oaths, against your decisions,
against almost the only thing which remains uncorrupted and holy in the state.
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