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And as it becomes the greatest
possible affection, such as I was always well known by all men to have
towards him, so that I scarcely yielded to Caius Marcellus, his most
excellent and affectionate brother and certainly to no one except
him,—that love for him which I displayed by my solicitude, by my
anxiety, and my exertions, as long as there was a doubt of his safety, I
certainly ought to display at this present time, now that I am relieved from
my great care and distress and misery on his account.
Therefore, O Caius Caesar, I thank you, as if,—though I have not
only been preserved in every sort of manner, but also loaded with
distinctions by you,—still, by this action of yours, a crowning
kindness of the greatest importance was added to the already innumerable
benefits which you have reaped upon me, which I did not before believe were
capable of any augmentation.
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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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