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I
went into Sicily for the sake of inquiring
into the business, in which occupation the celerity of my return showed my industry;
the multitude of documents and witnesses which I brought with me declared my
diligence; and I further showed my moderation and scrupulousness, in that when I had
arrived as a senator among the allies of the Roman people, having been quaestor in
that province, I, though the defender of the common cause of them all, lodged rather
with my own hereditary friends and connections, than those who had sought that
assistance from me. My arrival was no trouble nor expense to any one, either
publicly or privately. I used in the inquiry just as much power as the law gave me,
not as much as I might have had through the zeal of those men whom that fellow had
oppressed.
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