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In truth, though on the
previous occasion I had voted against the ambassadors being decreed, still I
consoled myself with this reflection, that, when they had returned from Antonius
despised and rejected, and had reported to the senate, not merely that he had
not withdrawn from Gaul, as we had
voted that he should, but that he had not even retired from before Mutina, and that they had not been allowed
to proceed on to Decimus Brutus, all men would be inflamed with hatred and
stimulated by indignation, so that we should reinforce Decimus Brutus with arms,
and horses, and men. But we have become even more languid since we have become
acquainted with, not only the audacity and wickedness of Antonius, but also with
his insolence and pride.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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