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Who is there, then, who can deny that that body showed extraordinary zeal
in aiding Plancius in his contest for honour? And it was very natural that
they should, because his father is a man who has for a long time been the
head of the company of farmers; and because he was exceedingly beloved by
his fellows of that company; and because he canvassed them
with the greatest diligence; and because he was entreating them in favour of
his son; and because it was notorious that Plancius himself had both in his
quaestorship and tribuneship done many kindnesses to that body; and because
in promoting him they thought that they were promoting themselves, and
consulting the welfare and dignity of their children.
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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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