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Why then did I depart, or what fear was there? I will not say in me. Allow
that I am timid by nature; what are we to say of so many thousands of the
bravest men? what did our Roman knights think? what did the senate? what, in
short, did all good men think? If there was no violence, why did they escort
me out of the city with tears, instead of reproving and detaining me, or
being indignant with me and leaving me? Or was I afraid that I could not,
while present, resist their accusations if they proceeded against me
according to the usages and principles of our ancestors?
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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