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A new light, as it were, seemed to be brought over us, now that not only the
kingly power which we had endured, but all fear of such power for the future,
was taken away from us; and a great pledge appeared to have been given by him to
the republic that he did wish the city to be free, when he utterly abolished out
of the republic the name of dictator, which had often been a legitimate title,
on account of our late recollection of a perpetual dictatorship.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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