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Restore then, O conscript fathers, life to him from whom you have taken it. For
the life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the
living. Take care that he, whom you without, intending it sent to his death,
shall from you receive immortality. And if you by your decree erect a statue to
him in the rostra, no forgetfulness of posterity will ever obscure the memory of
his embassy. For the remainder of the life of Servius Sulpicius will be
recommended to the eternal recollection of all men by many and splendid
memorials. The praise of all mortals will forever celebrate his wisdom, his
firmness, his loyalty, his admirable vigilance and prudence in upholding the
interests of the public. Nor will that admirable, and incredible, and almost
godlike skill of his in interpreting the laws and explaining the principles of
equity be buried in silence. If all the men of all ages, who have ever had any
acquaintance with the law in this city, were got together into one place, they
would not deserve to be compared to Servius Sulpicius.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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