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Wherefore, since your authority has summoned me,—since the Roman people his
recalled me,—since the republic has begged me to return,—since almost all
Italy has brought me back in triumph on its shoulders, I will take care, O conscript fathers,
now that those things have been restored to me, the restoration of which did not depend on
myself, not to appear wanting in those qualities with which I can provide myself; I will take
care, now that I have recovered those things which I had lost, never to lose my virtue and
loyal attachment to you.
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