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And I
wondered and was indignant at that department of the accusation being given
to Atratinus above all men; for it did not become him, nor did his age
justify it, nor (as indeed you might have observed yourself) did the modesty
of that excellent young man allow him to show to advantage in a speech on
that subject. I should have preferred having one of you who are older and
more robust, to undertake this part of vituperation; and we should then have
been able with more freedom of speech and more vigour, and in a manner more
in accordance with our usual habits, to refute the licentiousness of that
vituperation. With you, O Atratinus, I will deal more gently, both because
your own modesty is a check on my language, and because I am bound to have a
regard to the good-will which I entertain towards you and your parent.
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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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