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But when I recollect the many conversations which in the days of our intimacy on
earth I have had with Servius Sulpicius, it appears to me, that if there be any
feeling in the dead, a brazen statue, and that too a pedestrian one, will be
more acceptable to him than a gilt equestrian one, such as was first erected to
Lucius Sulla. For Servius was wonderfully attached to the moderation of our
forefathers, and was accustomed to reprove the insolence of this age. As if,
therefore, I were able to consult himself as to what he would wish, so I give my
vote for a pedestrian statue of brass, as if I were speaking by his authority
and inclination; which by the honor of the memorial will diminish and mitigate
the great grief and regret of his fellow-citizens.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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