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Can nothing, therefore, be said against the life of Lucius Murena? Absolutely nothing, I
say, O judges. The consul elect is defended by me on this ground, that no fraud of his, no
avarice, no perfidy, no cruelty, no wanton word can be alleged against him in his whole life.
It is well. The foundations of the defence are laid; for we are not as yet defending this
virtuous and upright man with my own panegyric, which I will employ presently, but almost by
the confession of his adversaries.
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