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Suppose now that the new legions do not disapprove of my resolution. For I am
quite sure that the Martial legion and the fourth legion will not approve of any
thing which is contrary to dignity and honor. What then? have we no regard for
the opinion of the veterans? For even they themselves do not wish to be feared
by us.—Still, how will they receive my severity? For they have heard
many false statements concerning me; wicked men have circulated among them many
calumnies against me. Their advantage indeed, as you all are most perfect
witnesses of, I have always promoted by my opinion, by my authority, and by my
language. But they believe wicked men, they believe seditious men, they believe
their own party. They are, indeed, brave men; but by reason of their exploits
which they have performed in the cause of the freedom of the Roman people and of
the safety of the republic, they are too ferocious and too much inclined to
bring all our counsels under the sway of their own violence.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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