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Amid the great grief, O conscript fathers, or rather misery which we have
suffered at the cruel and melancholy death of Caius Trebonius, a most virtuous
citizen and a most moderate man, there is still a circumstance or two in the
case which I think will turn out beneficial to the republic. For we have now
thoroughly seen what great barbarity these men are capable of who have taken up
wicked arms against their country. For these two, Dolabella and Antonius, are
the very blackest and foulest monsters that have ever lived since the birth of
man; one of whom has now done what he wished; and as to the other, it has been
plainly shown what he intended. Lucius. Cinna was cruel; Caius Marius was
unrelenting in his anger; Lucius Sulla was fierce; but still the inhumanity of
none of these men ever Went beyond death; and that punishment indeed was thought
too cruel to be inflicted on citizens.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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