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But now take notice of the diligence of the man, if
indeed you think that Rullus contrived this, or that it is a thing which could possibly have
occurred to Rullus. Those men who first projected these measures saw, that, if you had the
power of making your selection out of the whole people, whatever the matter might be in which
good faith, integrity, virtue, and authority were required, you would beyond all question
entrust it to Cnaeus Pompeius as the chief manager. In truth, after you had chosen one man
out of all the citizens, and appointed him to conduct all your wars against all nations by
land and sea, they saw plainly that it was most natural that, when you were appointing
decemvirs, whether it was to be looked on as committing a trust to, or conferring an honour
on a man, you would commit the business to him, and most reasonable that he should have this
compliment paid him.
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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