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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 ...
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 ...
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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 .
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 .
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Catiline was exultant , you were depressed : remember the troubles we had had with that ruffian already ; think of my breastplate on the election - day , of all the qualifications of Murena for the office , and the tact he shewed in his ...
Catiline was exultant , you were depressed : remember the troubles we had had with that ruffian already ; think of my breastplate on the election - day , of all the qualifications of Murena for the office , and the tact he shewed in his ...
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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 .
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 .
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not to forestall the praises which I shall presently bestow upon Murena , I may almost say that the unwilling admissions of his adver saries lead us to think my client a worthy citizen and a man of unsullied character .
not to forestall the praises which I shall presently bestow upon Murena , I may almost say that the unwilling admissions of his adver saries lead us to think my client a worthy citizen and a man of unsullied character .
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| Title | M.T. Ciceronis Oratio Pro L. Murena Pitt press series |
| Author | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| Contributor | William Emerton Heitland |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press, 1874 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 111 pages |
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