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postremo his1 quicquam2
sanctum ac religiosum videri potest qui, etiam si
quando aliquo metu adducti deos placandos esse arbitrantur3,
humanis hostiis eorum aras ac templa funestant, ut ne
religionem quidem colere possint, nisi eam ipsam prius
scelere violarint? quis enim ignorat eos usque ad hanc
diem retinere illam immanem ac barbaram consuetudinem
hominum immolandorum? quam ob rem quali fide, quali
pietate existimatis esse eos4 qui etiam deos immortalis
arbitrentur hominum scelere5 et sanguine facillime posse
placari? Cum his vos testibus vestram religionem coniungetis,
ab his quicquam6 sancte aut moderate7 dictum putabitis?
hoc vestrae mentes tam castae,
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