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But among the ancients, the Rulli, the Decii,
the Corvini, and many others and in more modern times the elder Africanus and
Titus Flaminius were made consuls very young, and performed such exploits as
greatly to extend the empire of the Roman people, and to embellish its name What
more? Did not the Macedonian Alexander, having begun to perform mighty deeds
from his earliest youth, die when he was only in his thirty-third year? And that
age is ten years less than that fixed by our laws for a man to be eligible for
the consulship. From which it may be plainly seen that the progress of virtue is
often swifter than that of age.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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