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The Roman people then is now in possession of
Macedonia, and Illyricum, and Greece. The legions there are all devoted to us, the
light-armed troops are ours, the cavalry is ours, and, above all, Brutus is
ours, and always will be ours—a man born for the republic, both by his
own most excellent virtues, and also by some especial destiny of name and
family, both on his father's and on his mother's side.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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