De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Quam ob rem quis hoc non iure miretur
summeque in eo elaborandum esse arbitretur, ut, quo uno
homines maxime bestiis praestent, in hoc hominibus ipsis
antecellat? Ut vero iam ad illa summa veniamus, quae vis
alia potuit aut dispersos homines unum in locum congregare
aut a fera agrestique vita ad hunc humanum cultum civilemque
deducere aut iam constitutis civitatibus leges iudicia
iura describere?
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Ac ne plura, quae sunt paene innumerabilia,
consecter, comprehendam brevi: sic enim statuo,
perfecti oratoris moderatione et sapientia non solum ipsius
dignitatem, sed et privatorum plurimorum et universae rei
publicae salutem maxime contineri. Quam ob rem pergite,
ut facitis, adulescentes, atque in id studium, in quo estis,
incumbite, ut et vobis honori et amicis utilitati et rei
publicae emolumento esse possitis.'
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