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And if we seem to you
to be foreigners, we whose name and honours have now become familiar topics of conversation
and panegyric throughout the city and among all men, how greatly must those competitors of
yours seem to be foreigners, who now, having been picked out of all Italy, are contending with
you for honour and for every dignity! And yet take care that you do not call one of these a
foreigner, lest you should be overwhelmed by the votes of the foreigners. For if they once
bring their activity and perseverance into action, believe me they will shake those arrogant
expressions out of you, and they will frequently wake you from sleep, and will not endure to
be surpassed by you in honours, unless they are also excelled by you in virtue.
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