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Although that inquiry into the death of Publius Clodius was
not instituted with any great wisdom. For what was the reason for having a new
law to inquire into the conduct of the man who had slain him, when there was a
form of inquiry already established by the laws? However, an inquiry was
instituted.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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