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I will not din
this into your ears any longer. I have been some time afraid that my speech may
appear unlike the usual fashion of speeches at trials unlike the daily method of
speaking. This I say, that this very Ceres,
the most ancient, the most holy, the very chief of all sacred things which are
honoured by every people, and in every nation, was carried off by Caius Verres from
her temple and her home. Ye who have been to Enna, have seen a statue of Ceres made of marble, and in the other temple a statue of Libera.
They are very colossal and very beautiful, but not exceedingly ancient. There was
one of brass, of moderate size, but extraordinary workmanship, with the torches in
its hands, very ancient, by far the most ancient of all those statues which are in
that temple; that he carried off, and yet he was not content with that.
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