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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE SPEECH OF M. T. CICERO IN DEFENCE OF PUBLIUS SEXTIUS. s, whenJririRfe of the people, had been one of those who kexerted themslPrmost strenuously to promote Cicero's recal, I had shown himself most devoted to his interest, though some Coolness had sprung up between them afterwards,-owing to Sextius's thinking that Cicero was not sufficiently sensible of his obligations to him. Having, however, become very obnoxious to all the friends of Catiline's party, Clodius instigated Marcus Tullius Albonovanus to prosecute him on an accusation of having been guilty of violence and breaches of the peace during his tribunate; and they both expected that Cicero would be neuter in the cause; but he went of his own accord to Sextius, and offered to undertake his defence. Pompeius attended this trial as a friend to Sextius, but Csesar sent his friend Vatinius to give evidence against him. (See the next speech.) This speech was delivered A. u. o. 698. Sextius was unanimously acquitted. I. If any one in times past, 0 judges, was used to wonder what was the reason why in a republic of such power, and in an empire of such dignity, there were not found any great number of citizens endowed with so fearless and magnanimous a spirit, as to dare to expose themselves and their personal safety to danger on behalf of the constitution of the state and of the general liberty; from henceforward he must wonder if he ever sees any virtuous or intrepid citizens, rather than if he occasionally finds one timid, and caring more for his. own interests than for those of the republic. For without calling to mind and considering the case of each separate individual, you can see at one survey those men who joined the senate and all virtuous citizens in raising up our afflicted country, and delivering it f...

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