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And on this account the endeavour to detract, shall I
say from Gabinius, or from Pompeius, or (what would be truer still) from both? appears to me
particularly unworthy; being done in order that Aulus Gabinius might not be appointed
lieutenant to Cnaeus Pompeius, though he requested and begged it. Is he who begs for a
particular lieutenant in so important a war unworthy to obtain any one whom he desires, when
all other generals have taken whatever lieutenants they chose, to assist them in pillaging the
allies and plundering the provinces? or ought he, by whose law safety and dignity has been
given to the Roman people, and to all nations, to be prevented from sharing in the glory of
that commander and that army, which exists through his wisdom and was appointed at his risk?
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