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And yet with what modesty, with what trembling and
paleness did he say what he did! How ready to give evidence was Publius Septimius; how angry
was he about some former trial, and about his steward: yet he hesitated; yet his
scrupulousness was at times at variance with his anger. Marcus Caelius was an enemy to
Flaccus, because, as Flaccus had thought it wrong for one publican to decide on the case of
another publican, though the case was ever so evident he had been removed from the list of
judges. And yet he restrained himself; and brought nothing into the court which could injure
Flaccus except his own inclination to do so.
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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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