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Grant that in all other respects Tubero and Varus were
on a par, as to honour, that is, and nobleness of birth, and respectability,
and genius,—which, however, was by no means the case; at all
events, Tubero had this great advantage, that he had come to his own
province with a legitimate command, in pursuance of a resolution of the
senate. When he was prevented from entering it, he did not betake himself to
Caesar, lest he should appear to be in a passion,—he did not go
home, lest he should be thought inactive,—he did not go to any other district, lest he might seem to condemn that
cause which he had espoused. He came into Macedonia to the camp of Cnaeus
Pompeius, to join that very party by whom he had been repulsed with every
circumstance of insult.
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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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