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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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You will ask whether I approve of his having
a sacred cushion, a temple and a priest? I approve of none of those things. But
you, who are defending the acts of Caesar, what reason can you give for
defending some, and disregarding others? unless, indeed, you choose to admit
that you measure every thing by your own gain, and not by his dignity. What will
you now reply to these arguments—(for I am waiting to witness your
eloquence; I knew your grandfather, who was a most eloquent man, but I know you
to be a more undisguised speaker than he was; he never harangued the people
naked; but we have seen your breast, man, without disguise as you are)? Will you
make any reply to these statements? will you dare to open your mouth at all? Can
you find one single article in this long speech of mine, to which you trust that
you can make any answer? However, we will say no more of what is past.
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