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And in the consular comitia the sudden
inclination of men's feelings is often of great weight, especially as, in this case, it took
the direction of a very gallant man, who was assisted by many other concurrent aids in his
application for the office. He was born or a most honourable father and ancestors; he had
passed his youth in a most modest manner; he had discharged the office of a lieutenant with
great credit; he had been praetor, as such he had been approved as a judge; he had been
popular through his liberality; be had been highly honoured in his province; he had been very
diligent in his canvass, and had carried it on so as neither to give way if any one threatened
him, nor to threaten any one himself. Can we wonder that the sudden hope which Catiline now
entertained of obtaining the consulship was a great assistance to this man?
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