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But at last the indignation of Cnaeus Pompeius, (I will say, even in his
hearing, what I have felt, and still do feel what ever may be the way in
which he takes it,)—the indignation I say, of Cnaeus Pompeius,
which had been too long concealed and slumbering, being at last aroused,
came on a sudden to the aid of the republic, and raised the city crushed
with misfortunes, dumb, weakened, and broken spirited through fear to some
hope of recovering its liberty and former dignity. And was this man not to
be appointed to superintend the providing the city with corn? You, forsooth,
by your law abandoned all the corn, whether belonging to private individuals
or to the state, all the provinces which supply corn, and all the
contractors, and all the keys of the granaries, to that most impure of
gluttons, the taster of your lusts, to that most needy and most impious man,
Sextus Clodius, the companion of your family, who by his tongue alienated
even your sister from you. And it was by this action of yours that dearness
was first produced, and afterwards scarcity. Famine, conflagration,
bloodshed, and pillage were impending. Your insane frenzy was threatening
the fortunes and property of every man.
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