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Wherefore, while he was consul he did not wish his brother
to meet with a repulse, and yet if he stood as a patrician, he saw that he would certainly not
be equal to Scaurus, unless he could get rid of him either by some terror, or by some
disgrace.
Should not I think that a brother may be excused for such an idea, when the most
distinguished honours of his brother are at stake, especially when I am aware, almost beyond
all other men, how great is the influence of brotherly love? Oh, but his brother is now not a
candidate. What then? If he, having been detained by all Asia, which came to him as his
suppliant—if he, yielding to the entreaties of the men of business, and of the
farmers of the revenues, and of all men both allies and citizens, preferred the advantage and
safety of the province to the acquisition of honour for himself; is that a reason for your
thinking that a disposition once thoroughly diseased can be so easily cured?
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