Download or read book The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Conyers Middleton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Vol. 2 of 3 Both those speeches are still extant, and a pas sage 01 'two from each will illustrate the temper and disposition m which he returned. In speaking to the senate, after a particular recital of the ser vices of his friends, he adds: as I have a pleasure in enumerating these, so I willingly pass over in silence what others wickedly acted against me; it is not my present business to remember inju ries; which, if it were in my power to revenge, I should choose to forget; my life shall be ap plied to other puposes to repay the good of fices of those who have deserved it of me to hold fast the friendships which have been tr1ed as it were in the fire; to wage war with declared ene mies to pardon my timorous, nor yet expose my treacherous friends; and to balance the misery of exile by the dignity of my return. To the people he observes; that there were four sorts of enemies, who concurred to oppress him: the first, who, out of hatred to the republiek, were mortal enemies to him for having Saved it: the second, who, under a false pretence of friendship, infamously betrayed him: the third, who, through their inability to obtain what he had acquired, were envious of his dignity: the fourth, who though by office they ought to have been the guardians of the' republick, bartered away his safety, the peace of the city, and the dignity of the empire, which were committed to their trust. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.