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Her son was indignant at this common
disgrace of his family, of his blood, and of his name. His misery was increased by the daily
complaints and incessant weeping of his sister; still he resolved that he ought to do nothing
more himself with reference to his grievous injuries and the terrible wickedness of his
mother, beyond ceasing to consider her as his mother; lest, if he did continue to behave to
her as if she were his mother, he might be thought not only to see, but in his heart to
approve of, those things which he could not behold without the greatest anguish of mind.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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