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On that day, the entire Roman people gave me in that assembly, not a
congratulation to be remembered for the rest of the day, but they gave me
immortality and eternal glory, when they themselves swearing also, with one
voice and consent approved of my oath couched in such proud and triumphant
words. And on that occasion, my return home from the forum was of such a
nature that there did not appear to be a single citizen who was not in my
train. And my consulship was conducted throughout in such a manner, that I
did nothing without the advice of the senate,—nothing without the
approbation of the Roman people; that in the rostra I constantly defended the senate,—in the
senate-house I was the unwearied advocate of the people; that in that
manner, I united the multitude with the chief men, and the equestrian order
with the senate. I have now briefly described my consulship.
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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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