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Nor indeed, when I speak of the vices of the nation, do I except no one. But
I am forced to speak generally of the entire race; in which, perhaps, some individuals by
their own civilized habits and natural humanity have got the better of the vices of their
family and nation. That the greater part of the nation is destitute of faith, destitute of any
community and connection with our name, the facts themselves plainly show. For what province
is there besides Sardinia which has not one city in it on friendly terms with the Roman
people, not one free city?
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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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