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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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Place then before your eyes, O conscript
fathers, that spectacle, miserable indeed, and tearful, but still indispensable
to rouse your minds properly: the nocturnal attack upon the most beautiful city
in Asia; the irruption of armed men
into Trebonius's house, when that unhappy man saw the swords of the robbers
before he heard what was the matter; the entrance of Dolabella,
raging,—his ill-omened voice, and infamous countenance,—the
chains, the scourges, the rack, the armorer who was both torturer and
executioner; all which they say that the unhappy Trebonius endured with great
fortitude. A great praise, and in my opinion indeed the greatest of all, for it
is the part of a wise man to resolve beforehand that whatever can happen to a
brave man is to be endured with patience if it should happen. It is indeed a
proof of altogether greater wisdom to act with such foresight as to prevent any
such thing from happening; but it is a token of no less courage to bear it
bravely if it should befall one.
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