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You must not think too highly of your learning as a jurist : your other merits give
you far more claim to distinction than jurisprudence ever will . The three great
avenues to honour must rank thus , i military skill , 2 the eloquence of the
statesman ...
You must not think too highly of your learning as a jurist : your other merits give
you far more claim to distinction than jurisprudence ever will . The three great
avenues to honour must rank thus , i military skill , 2 the eloquence of the
statesman ...
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Think of the exertions the orator must make , and the power he wields when he
has made them . A man , I say , can rise to the top of the political tree in two ways
, -either as a soldier or as a public speaker . I set aside your undoubted personal
...
Think of the exertions the orator must make , and the power he wields when he
has made them . A man , I say , can rise to the top of the political tree in two ways
, -either as a soldier or as a public speaker . I set aside your undoubted personal
...
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Catiline was exultant , you were depressed : remember the troubles we had had
with that ruftian already ; think of my breastplate on the election - day , of all the
qualitications of Hurena for the office , and the tact he shewed in his canvass ;
and ...
Catiline was exultant , you were depressed : remember the troubles we had had
with that ruftian already ; think of my breastplate on the election - day , of all the
qualitications of Hurena for the office , and the tact he shewed in his canvass ;
and ...
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Your criticisms on the morality of entertaining citizens at election - time are
carried too far , and are diametrically opposed to Roman habits and ways of
thinking . You confound public munificence with personal luxury . Remember
how ...
Your criticisms on the morality of entertaining citizens at election - time are
carried too far , and are diametrically opposed to Roman habits and ways of
thinking . You confound public munificence with personal luxury . Remember
how ...
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255 , “ not to forestall the praises which I shall presently bestow upon Murena , I
may almost say that the unwilling admissions of his adversaries lead us to think
my client a worthy citizen and a man of unsullied character . ' contentionem ] see
...
255 , “ not to forestall the praises which I shall presently bestow upon Murena , I
may almost say that the unwilling admissions of his adversaries lead us to think
my client a worthy citizen and a man of unsullied character . ' contentionem ] see
...
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| Title | M.T. Ciceronis Oratio Pro L. Murena |
| Author | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| Contributor | William Emerton Heitland |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1874 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 111 pages |
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