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In the next place,
that which the same Asia, and that same Mithridates
taught us, at the beginning of the Asiatic war that, at all events, we, having learnt by
disaster, ought to keep in our recollection. For we know that then, when many had lost large
fortunes in Asia, all credit failed at Rome, from payments being hindered. For it is not possible for
many men to lose their property and fortunes in one city, without drawing many along with them
into the same vortex of disaster. But do you now preserve the republic from this misfortune;
and believe me, (you yourselves see that it is the case,) this credit, and this state of the
money-market which exists at Rome and in the forum,
is bound up with, and is inseparable from, those fortunes which are invested in Asia. Those fortunes cannot fall without credit here being
undermined by the came blow, and perishing along with them. Consider, then, whether you ought
to hesitate to apply yourselves with all zeal to that war, in which the glory of your name,
the safety of your allies, your greatest revenues, and the fortunes of numbers of your
citizens, will be protected at the same time as the republic.
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