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Life of Cicero

CHAPTER XII
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Arbitrary and even fantastic as is the arrangement of Graevius, it is better to confine myself to that because it has been acknowledged, and will enable my readers to find the letters if they wish to do so.

Should Mr.Tyrrell continue and complete his edition of the correspondence, he will go far to achieve the desired accuracy.

A second volume has appeared since this work of mine has been in the press.
[140] The peculiarities of Cicero's character are nowhere so clearly legible as in his dealings with and words about his daughter.

There is an effusion of love, and then of sorrow when she dies, which is un-Roman, almost feminine, but very touching.
[141] I annex a passage from our well known English translation: "The power of the pirates had its foundation in Cilicia.

Their progress was the more dangerous, because at first it had been but little noticed.


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