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What then, are we to do? In the name of the immortal gods, can you interpret
these facts, and see what is their purport? What do you think that those men
think of your lives, to whom the lives of those men who they hope will consult
the welfare of the republic are so dear? I have reaped, O conscript fathers, the
reward of my return, since I have said enough to bear testimony of my
consistency whatever event may befall me, and since I have been kindly and
attentively listened to by you. And if I have such opportunities frequently
without exposing both myself and you to danger, I shall avail myself of them. If
not, as far as I can I shall reserve myself not for myself, but rather for the
republic. I have lived long enough for the course of human life, or for my own
glory. If any additional life is granted to me, it shall be bestowed not so much
on myself as on you and on the republic.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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