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 son.… Who taught the world that "for averting a panic there is nothing so good as hard work."

But he was not only a man of action. He could speak too.

Quintilian says: "If Julius Cæsar had only found leisure for the forum, he would be the one we should select as the rival of Cicero. He has such force, point, and vehemence of style that it is clear that he spoke with the same mind that he warred. Yet all is covered with a wonderful elegance of expression, of which he was peculiarly studious."

And a neighbor and friend of us all says: