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I will reserve for
another time that fruit of praise which may be derived from a long uninterrupted
speech. At present I must support this accusation by documentary evidence, by
witnesses, by letters of private individuals and of public bodies, and by various
other kinds of proof. The whole of this contest is between you and me, O Hortensius.
I will speak openly. If I thought that you were contending with me in the matter of
speaking, and of getting rid of the charges I bring against your client in this
cause, I, too, would devote much pains to mounting an elaborate accusation, and to
dilating on my charges. Now, since you have determined to contend against me with
artifice, not so much in obedience to the promptings of your own nature, as from
consulting his occasions and his cause, it is necessary for me to oppose conduct of
that sort with prudence.
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