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Wherefore, if it is the part of a virtuous consul when he sees all the bulwarks of the
republic undermined and weakened, to come to the assistance of his country; to bring succour
to the safety and fortunes of all men; to implore the good faith of the citizens; to think his
own safety of secondary consideration when put in competition with the common safety of all;
it is the part also of virtuous and fearless citizens, such as you have shown yourself in all
the emergencies of the republic, to block up all the avenues or sedition, to fortify the
bulwarks of the state, to think that the supreme power is vested in the consuls, the supreme
wisdom in the senate; and to judge the man who acts in obedience to them, worthy of praise and
honour, rather than of condemnation and punishment.
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