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At any
rate I remember that, when he was speaking in the
Basilica Julia before the first tribunal, and the four
panels of judges1 were assembled as usual and the
whole building was full of noise, he could still be
heard and understood and applauded from all four
tribunals at once, a fact which was not complimentary
to the other pleaders. But gifts like these are such
as all may pray for and few are happy enough to
attain. And if we cannot achieve such fortune, we
must even be content to be heard by the court which
we are addressing. Such then should the orator be,
and such are the things which he should know.
1 Of the Cenutumviral Court. Four different cases were being tried simultaneously.
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