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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
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But I (for I must speak, O conscript fathers, what I feel) think that we
ought not so much to regard the veterans, as to look at what the young soldiers,
the flower of Italy—at what
the new legions, most eager to effect the deliverance of their
country—at what all Italy will think of your wisdom. For there is
nothing which flourishes forever. Age succeeds age. The legions of Caesar have
flourished for a long time; but now those who are flourishing are the legions of
Pansa, and the legions of Hirtius, and the legions of the son of Caesar, and the
legions of Plancus. They surpass the veterans in number; they have the advantage
of youth; moreover, they surpass them also in authority. For they are engaged in
waging that war which is approved of by all nations. Therefore, rewards have
been promised to these latter. To the former they have been already
paid;—let them enjoy them. But let these others have those rewards
given to them which we have promised them.
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