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For if any one thinks that there is a smaller gain of glory
derived from Greek verses than from Latin ones, he is greatly mistaken, because Greek poetry
is read among all nations, Latin is confined to its own natural limits, which are narrow
enough. Wherefore, if those achievements which we have performed are limited only by the
bounds of the whole world, we ought to desire that, wherever our vigour and our arms have
penetrated, our glory and our fame should likewise extend. Because, as this is always an ample
reward for those people whose achievements are the subject of writings, so especially is it
the greatest inducement to encounter labours and dangers to all men who fight for themselves
for the sake of glory.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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