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Nor, if a most honourable man, to whom there is nothing
which may not deservedly be granted at his entreaty, failed, as you say, in
obtaining something which he desired, am I arrogant if I say that I did
prevail? For, to say nothing of the fact that I was exerting myself in
behalf of a man who had great influence himself, that solicitation is always
the most agreeable which is the most closely connected with previous
obligations and friendship. Nor, indeed, did I ask for him in such a manner
as to seem to request it because he was my intimate friend, because he was
my neighbour, because I had always been on terms of the greatest intimacy
with his father; but I asked as if I were soliciting on behalf of one who
was as it were my parent, and the guardian of my safety. It was not my
interest but the cause which prompted my requests, which was so influential.
No one rejoiced at my restoration, no one grieved at my injury, to whom the
pity shown me by this man was not acceptable.
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