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‘“You write me word that there has been mention
of peace made in the senate, and that five ambassadors of consular rank have
been appointed. It is hard to believe that those men, who drove me in haste
from the city, when I offered the fairest conditions, and when I was even
thinking of relaxing somewhat of them, should now think of acting with
moderation or humanity. And it is hardly probable, that those men who have
pronounced Dolabella a public enemy for a most righteous action, should
bring themselves to spare us who are influenced by the same sentiments as
he.”’
Does it appear a trifling matter, that he confesses himself a partner with
Dolabella in all his atrocities? Do you not see that all these crimes flow from
one source? He himself confesses, shrewdly and correctly enough, that those who
have pronounced Dolabella a public enemy for a most righteous action (for so it
appeal's to Antonius), can not possibly spare him who agrees with Dolabella in
opinion.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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