[38]. In that curious letter that he wrote to Pompey after his consulship (ad fam. v. 7), in which he seems to propose a kind of alliance, he attributes to him the part of Scipio and takes for himself that of Laelius.
[39]. Pro. Rosc. Amer. 8.
[40]. Pro. Rosc. Amer. 46.
[41]. Ibid. 29.
[42]. Ibid. 52.
[43]. Ad Herenn. i. 3.
[44]. De Orat. ii. 59.
[45]. Pro Cluent. 50.
[46]. I here employ the phrases of M. Havet, who has set this idea in a clear light in one of the too scanty writings he has published on Cicero. Speaking of this, we maybe permitted to regret that M. Berger and he have not given to the public the excellent series of lectures which they delivered at the Collège de France and at the Sorbonne, of which Cicero was so often the subject. If they had acceded to the wishes of their auditors, and the entreaties of all friends of letters, France would have nothing to envy Germany on this important question.
[47]. Varro, De re rust. ii. 1.