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Will
you say, “Yes, but what a man Cato was! A most religious, most
prudent, most gallant man; the firmest friend to the republic, a citizen of
a most marvellous and almost unique virtue, and wisdom, and purity of
life.” Very fine, but what is all that to you, when you say that
it is untrue that any one ought to be appointed to any public duty out of
the regular course?
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