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Page xxiii
... means of knowing the truth possessed by his informants . He regarded him- self as " recalled by the voice of the Republic , " and blessed the south winds for having saved him from deserting his country in its need . He visited Brutus at ...
... means of knowing the truth possessed by his informants . He regarded him- self as " recalled by the voice of the Republic , " and blessed the south winds for having saved him from deserting his country in its need . He visited Brutus at ...
Page xxv
... means within his power . The letters henceforth are more and more exclusively political . Though references to private affairs and to literary questions , connected with the de Officiis , still occur in the letters to Atticus , even ...
... means within his power . The letters henceforth are more and more exclusively political . Though references to private affairs and to literary questions , connected with the de Officiis , still occur in the letters to Atticus , even ...
Page xxxvi
... means often suffering to the ruled . In a com- petitor for empire , reckless gallantry is by itself no match for self - control and astuteness . In the end the unimpas- sioned youth , whom we find him here treating with some disdain ...
... means often suffering to the ruled . In a com- petitor for empire , reckless gallantry is by itself no match for self - control and astuteness . In the end the unimpas- sioned youth , whom we find him here treating with some disdain ...
Page xliii
... mean motives and gross ingratitude in the assassination of Cæsar , and , while trying to make terms with the Antonians , of failing his party at their direst need by not coming over from Macedonia with his army . There is thus nothing ...
... mean motives and gross ingratitude in the assassination of Cæsar , and , while trying to make terms with the Antonians , of failing his party at their direst need by not coming over from Macedonia with his army . There is thus nothing ...
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... means nothing . I think that Atticus from Cicero's last letter gathered that Matius - a strong Cæsarian - was for violent measures ; that Cicero means here to modify it , and to say that he has moved somewhat in the direction of ...
... means nothing . I think that Atticus from Cicero's last letter gathered that Matius - a strong Cæsarian - was for violent measures ; that Cicero means here to modify it , and to say that he has moved somewhat in the direction of ...
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