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But you, O judges, ought to think that there is some community of
interests, some close connection existing between the members of our body; many
offices are imposed on this our order, many toils, many dangers, not only from the
laws and courts of justice, but also from vague reports, and from the critical
character of the times; so that this order is, as it were, exposed to view, and set
on an eminence, in order, as it seems, to be the more easily caught by every blast
of envy. In so miserable and unfair a condition of life, shall we not retain even
the honour of not appearing vile and contemptible in the eyes of our own
magistrates, when we appear before them to obtain our rights?
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