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But when I consider how much pains I must take with each branch of the question, one
division—that, namely, which is the proper subject of your inquiry, the question of
the fact of the poisoning—appears to me a very short one, and one which is not
likely to give occasion to any great dispute. But with the other division, which, properly, is
almost entirely unconnected with the case, and which is better adapted to assemblies in a
state of seditious excitement, than to tranquil and orderly courts of justice, I shall, I can
easily see, have a great deal of difficulty in dealing, and a great deal of trouble.
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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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