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Nor is this to be considered your
life which is contained in your body and in your breath.
That,—that, I say, is your life, which will flourish in the memory
of all ages; which posterity will cherish; which eternity itself will always
preserve. This is what you must be subservient to; it is to this that you
ought to display yourself; which indeed has long ago had many actions of
yours to admire, and which now is expecting some which it may also praise.
Unquestionably, posterity will stand amazed when they hear and read of your
military commands,—of the provinces which you have added to the
empire,—of the Rhine, of the ocean, of the Nile, all made subject
to us,—of your countless battles, of your incredible victories, of
your innumerable monuments and triumphs.
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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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