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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
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What else then do you think that this man
is contriving or wishing, or what other object do you think he has in the war?
All of us who have either entertained the thoughts of freemen concerning the
republic, or have given utterance to opinions worthy of ourselves, he decides to
be not merely opposed to him, but actual enemies. And he plans inflicting
bitterer punishments on us than on the enemy; he thinks death a punishment
imposed by nature, but torments and tortures the proper inflictions of anger.
What sort of enemy then must we consider that man who, if he be victorious,
requires one to think death a kindness if he spares one the tortures with which
it is in his power to accompany it?
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