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But even in the time of that dictator who punished with death every one whom
he disliked, no one ever proceeded in that manner to accomplish such an end.
He himself ordered men to be slain, without any one asking him; he even
invited men to slay them by rewards; and that cruelty of his was avenged
some years afterwards by this selfsame man whom you now wish to become
cruel!
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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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