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10.17.

deorum: this reference to a special providence is noticeable in so stern a realist as Caesar, and was possibly for political effect. Yet he often speaks of fortune as powerful in human affairs (cf. Bk. vi. ch. 42), and mentions divine omens which accompanied his victory over Pompey (Bell. Civ. III. 105). A disbeliever in the superstitions of his day, he yet seems to acknowledge the presence of a controlling power. — quae pars intuleratea persolvit, render that part which, etc. (see § 307. b. N (200. b. N.); cf. B. 251. 4; G. 620; H. 399. 5 (445. 9); H-B. 284. 6


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