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I now beforehand give this man notice, that if you determine that this cause shall be
conducted by me, his whole plan of defence must be altered, and must be altered in such
a manner as to be carried on in a more honest and honourable way than he likes; that he
must imitate those most illustrious men whom he himself has seen, Lucius Crassus and
Marcus Antonius; who thought that they had no right to bring anything to the trials and
causes in which their friends were concerned, except good faith and ability. He shall
have no room for thinking, if I conduct the case, that the tribunal can be corrupted
without great danger to many.
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