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Have you any doubt, then, O judges, that Marcus
Laterensis selected you on his own judgment having regard not to the spirit
of the law, but to some hope which he had himself formed with reference to
the state? Have you any doubt that when he avoided selecting those tribes
among which Plancius had extensive connections, the reason was that he
judged that they had been won over by legitimate attention and kindness, not
corrupted by bribery? For what reason can he allege why that power of
selection given to the prosecutor is not a measure of great severity towards
the defendant, if it is adopted without the consideration which determined
us to pass such a law?
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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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