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Now there is but one language and one feeling; one not extorted by
indignation, but feigned; not excited by the injuries inflicted by this man, but by the
promises and bribes of others. But the Sardinians have not been always disbelieved. And
perhaps they will again be believed sometime or other, if they come like honest men, and
without having been bribed, and of their own accord, and not because of the instigation of any
one else, and under no obligation to any one, and free. And when all these circumstances are
united, still they may exult and marvel if they are believed. But when these circumstances are
all wanting, will they still persist in forgetting who they are? will they not take care to
shun the reputation of their race?
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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