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But in order that my speech may have some termination, and that I may cease
speaking before you are weary of listening to me with attention, I will
finish my argument about the party of the best men and about their leaders
and about those who are the chief defenders of the republic. I will stir you
up, O young men, especially you who are of noble birth, to the imitation of
your ancestors and I will exhort you who have the opportunity of arriving at
high rank by the exercise of genius and virtue to adopt that line of conduct
by which many new men have become crowned with honour and glory.
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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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